£52,253 to £60,834 per annum This is a fixed term position for 2 years due to time limited funding from an external grant. Overall purpose: To lead the deployment, scaling and maintenance of machine learning systems for petabyte-scale connectomics data within the group of Dr. Albert Cardona at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. The role will focus on turning machine learning models for volume electron microscopy into robust, reproducible and observable production pipelines, supporting automated segmentation, synapse detection, proofreading and large-scale image analysis. The post holder will design and maintain infrastructure for training, inference, monitoring, debugging and data processing across GPU/CPU clusters, on-prem storage systems and HPC environments. They will work closely with scientists, software engineers and collaborators to ensure that ML workflows are reliable, scalable, version-controlled and usable by the wider research group. Inspire ideas for research in the context of the work of the Neurobiology Division. To play a major role in the work of the research group, through the conduct of research, introduction of new ideas, dissemination of research results, support and training of others. Contribute to the strategic development of the group and of the division overall. To be a focus of expertise on ML-based image processing, computational data analysis, systems administration and software engineering as relate to the day to day operations of a neuroscience research laboratory acquiring and analysing data from electron microscopes and other imaging modalities. Main duties: To deploy, maintain and improve machine learning models for production-scale inference on large volume electron microscopy datasets. To build robust ML pipelines for training, batch inference, validation, monitoring and reprocessing across GPU and CPU compute environments. To debug failures across the full ML stack, including model execution, data loading, storage I/O, distributed jobs, container environments, cluster scheduling and database interactions. To keep up to date with developments in the field, proposing or implementing changes of direction as necessary. To identify, develop and apply a broad range of techniques to pursue the research objectives. To present your work at seminars within the laboratory and at external meetings. To contribute to laboratory wide discussions on developments within the laboratory, particularly in the use of new techniques or new equipment. To disseminate research findings in the form of publications, presentations, and reports and thus support the QQR mission of the division. To train students, Postdoctoral Scientist and others and line management of group members where appropriate. To contribute to the MRC's engagement with the public and in the translation of research findings into improvements in health care. Key responsibilities: The key responsibility is to develop, deploy, maintain and improve production scale machine learning systems for large volume electron microscopy and connectomics data. The post holder will ensure that machine learning models can be run reliably, reproducibly and efficiently across large datasets, GPU/CPU clusters, storage systems and associated databases. You will be expected to act independently in solving complex technical problems across the machine learning deployment stack, including data loading, model execution, distributed processing, storage I/O, containerised environments, cluster scheduling, monitoring and debugging. To design and maintain robust infrastructure for training, inference, validation and reprocessing of machine learning models on multi terabyte to petabyte scale datasets. To translate prototype machine learning models and research code into reliable, version controlled and docu mented production workflows that can be used by researchers and collaborators. To build and maintain monitoring tools for pipeline performance, model output quality, job failures, data integrity, throughput, resource usage and storage bottlenecks. To work closely with scientists, software engineers, research support staff and external collaborators to ensure the smooth running of large scale ML and data processing workflows. To contribute to the management and optimisation of compute and data infrastructure, including GPU servers, CPU clusters, large scale storage systems, databases and cloud or HPC environments. To introduce and apply best practices in software engineering, MLOps, testing, documentation, reproducibility, version control and deployment. To train and support group members in the use of deployed machine learning systems, data processing pipe lines and infrastructure tools. To ensure all software, data processing and infrastructure work is conducted in accordance with good practice and in compliance with local policies, legal requirements and data protection standards. To contribute to collaborations within the division, across the LMB and with external partners by providing ex pertise in ML deployment, scalable data processing and production infrastructure. Line management responsibilities may be undertaken where appropriate, including supporting staff development and performance management in accordance with MRC policies and procedures. Working relationships: You will report to Dr. Albert Cardona and will liaise with other Research Support staff, Postdoctoral Scientists and students, not only in your group, but also across the LMB and with external collaborators. Person Specification Academic qualifications and experience: PhD in computer science, engineering, data science, computational biology, physics, mathematics or a related quantitative discipline, or an MSc / MPhil plus significant equivalent professional experience in machine learning engineering, infrastructure engineering or large scale data processing. Significant experience deploying machine learning models in production or production like environments, ideally involving computer vision, image analysis or large scale scientific data. The candidate should have strong hands on experience with Python, modern machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch, and robust software engineering practices including testing, documentation, version control and code review. Extensive experience working with large scale datasets, ideally multi terabyte to petabyte scale data, including data storage, data access patterns, chunked or distributed data formats, database backed metadata systems and debugging performance bottlenecks. Experience with image data, electron microscopy, bioimage informat ics or connectomics would be highly desirable. The candidate should have experience building, deploying and maintaining ML pipelines for training, inference, validation and reprocessing across GPU and CPU infrastructure (e.g., HPC environments). They should be comfortable debugging failures across the full ML stack, including model execution, data loading, memory us age, storage I/O, distributed jobs, containers, cluster scheduling, dependency management and databases. Experience with Linux systems administration, containers such as Docker or Singularity/Apptainer, workflow orchestration tools, SLURM or Kubernetes, and cloud platforms such as AWS or similar vendors would be de sirable. Experience with additional programming languages such as Rust, C++, Java, JavaScript, Bash or SQL would be beneficial, particularly where this has been applied to building reliable, scalable and maintainable infrastruc ture or data processing systems. Technical skills and expertise: Significant experience of and proven expertise in cutting edge research relevant to the project, and knowledge of the field. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in machine learning engineering and bioimage informatics, combining expertise in large scale data processing and software engineering with specific experience deploying and maintaining machine learning systems in production or production like environments. Particularly useful would be comprehensive experience in and knowledge of: Deploying machine learning models for large scale batch inference, ideally for computer vision, image analysis or scientific imaging data. Developing and maintaining robust data processing and ML pipelines for multi terabyte to petabyte scale datasets. Debugging production issues across data loading, model execution, storage I/O, memory usage, distributed jobs, containers, dependency management, databases and cluster scheduling. Working with GPU and CPU compute clusters, including job scheduling, resource monitoring, failure recovery and performance optimisation. Optimising data access patterns for large image volumes, including chunked or distributed formats such as Zarr, N5, HDF5 or similar. Knowledge of Drosophila larval neuroanatomy and the use of NBLAST to compare and identify neurons by morphology. CATMAID, Fiji, BiaPy and other open source software platforms for handling neuroscience imagery. Managing large datasets using system administrator skills in Linux and BSD servers, and knowledge of databases such as Postgresql. The use of the Python programming language with evidence in the form of online version control repositories of software written by the applicant. Implementing algorithms into version controlled software packages for use by others. Cloud computing with AWS or similar vendors. Programming languages including python, bash, R, Java . click apply for full job details
26/07/2026
Full time
£52,253 to £60,834 per annum This is a fixed term position for 2 years due to time limited funding from an external grant. Overall purpose: To lead the deployment, scaling and maintenance of machine learning systems for petabyte-scale connectomics data within the group of Dr. Albert Cardona at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. The role will focus on turning machine learning models for volume electron microscopy into robust, reproducible and observable production pipelines, supporting automated segmentation, synapse detection, proofreading and large-scale image analysis. The post holder will design and maintain infrastructure for training, inference, monitoring, debugging and data processing across GPU/CPU clusters, on-prem storage systems and HPC environments. They will work closely with scientists, software engineers and collaborators to ensure that ML workflows are reliable, scalable, version-controlled and usable by the wider research group. Inspire ideas for research in the context of the work of the Neurobiology Division. To play a major role in the work of the research group, through the conduct of research, introduction of new ideas, dissemination of research results, support and training of others. Contribute to the strategic development of the group and of the division overall. To be a focus of expertise on ML-based image processing, computational data analysis, systems administration and software engineering as relate to the day to day operations of a neuroscience research laboratory acquiring and analysing data from electron microscopes and other imaging modalities. Main duties: To deploy, maintain and improve machine learning models for production-scale inference on large volume electron microscopy datasets. To build robust ML pipelines for training, batch inference, validation, monitoring and reprocessing across GPU and CPU compute environments. To debug failures across the full ML stack, including model execution, data loading, storage I/O, distributed jobs, container environments, cluster scheduling and database interactions. To keep up to date with developments in the field, proposing or implementing changes of direction as necessary. To identify, develop and apply a broad range of techniques to pursue the research objectives. To present your work at seminars within the laboratory and at external meetings. To contribute to laboratory wide discussions on developments within the laboratory, particularly in the use of new techniques or new equipment. To disseminate research findings in the form of publications, presentations, and reports and thus support the QQR mission of the division. To train students, Postdoctoral Scientist and others and line management of group members where appropriate. To contribute to the MRC's engagement with the public and in the translation of research findings into improvements in health care. Key responsibilities: The key responsibility is to develop, deploy, maintain and improve production scale machine learning systems for large volume electron microscopy and connectomics data. The post holder will ensure that machine learning models can be run reliably, reproducibly and efficiently across large datasets, GPU/CPU clusters, storage systems and associated databases. You will be expected to act independently in solving complex technical problems across the machine learning deployment stack, including data loading, model execution, distributed processing, storage I/O, containerised environments, cluster scheduling, monitoring and debugging. To design and maintain robust infrastructure for training, inference, validation and reprocessing of machine learning models on multi terabyte to petabyte scale datasets. To translate prototype machine learning models and research code into reliable, version controlled and docu mented production workflows that can be used by researchers and collaborators. To build and maintain monitoring tools for pipeline performance, model output quality, job failures, data integrity, throughput, resource usage and storage bottlenecks. To work closely with scientists, software engineers, research support staff and external collaborators to ensure the smooth running of large scale ML and data processing workflows. To contribute to the management and optimisation of compute and data infrastructure, including GPU servers, CPU clusters, large scale storage systems, databases and cloud or HPC environments. To introduce and apply best practices in software engineering, MLOps, testing, documentation, reproducibility, version control and deployment. To train and support group members in the use of deployed machine learning systems, data processing pipe lines and infrastructure tools. To ensure all software, data processing and infrastructure work is conducted in accordance with good practice and in compliance with local policies, legal requirements and data protection standards. To contribute to collaborations within the division, across the LMB and with external partners by providing ex pertise in ML deployment, scalable data processing and production infrastructure. Line management responsibilities may be undertaken where appropriate, including supporting staff development and performance management in accordance with MRC policies and procedures. Working relationships: You will report to Dr. Albert Cardona and will liaise with other Research Support staff, Postdoctoral Scientists and students, not only in your group, but also across the LMB and with external collaborators. Person Specification Academic qualifications and experience: PhD in computer science, engineering, data science, computational biology, physics, mathematics or a related quantitative discipline, or an MSc / MPhil plus significant equivalent professional experience in machine learning engineering, infrastructure engineering or large scale data processing. Significant experience deploying machine learning models in production or production like environments, ideally involving computer vision, image analysis or large scale scientific data. The candidate should have strong hands on experience with Python, modern machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch, and robust software engineering practices including testing, documentation, version control and code review. Extensive experience working with large scale datasets, ideally multi terabyte to petabyte scale data, including data storage, data access patterns, chunked or distributed data formats, database backed metadata systems and debugging performance bottlenecks. Experience with image data, electron microscopy, bioimage informat ics or connectomics would be highly desirable. The candidate should have experience building, deploying and maintaining ML pipelines for training, inference, validation and reprocessing across GPU and CPU infrastructure (e.g., HPC environments). They should be comfortable debugging failures across the full ML stack, including model execution, data loading, memory us age, storage I/O, distributed jobs, containers, cluster scheduling, dependency management and databases. Experience with Linux systems administration, containers such as Docker or Singularity/Apptainer, workflow orchestration tools, SLURM or Kubernetes, and cloud platforms such as AWS or similar vendors would be de sirable. Experience with additional programming languages such as Rust, C++, Java, JavaScript, Bash or SQL would be beneficial, particularly where this has been applied to building reliable, scalable and maintainable infrastruc ture or data processing systems. Technical skills and expertise: Significant experience of and proven expertise in cutting edge research relevant to the project, and knowledge of the field. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in machine learning engineering and bioimage informatics, combining expertise in large scale data processing and software engineering with specific experience deploying and maintaining machine learning systems in production or production like environments. Particularly useful would be comprehensive experience in and knowledge of: Deploying machine learning models for large scale batch inference, ideally for computer vision, image analysis or scientific imaging data. Developing and maintaining robust data processing and ML pipelines for multi terabyte to petabyte scale datasets. Debugging production issues across data loading, model execution, storage I/O, memory usage, distributed jobs, containers, dependency management, databases and cluster scheduling. Working with GPU and CPU compute clusters, including job scheduling, resource monitoring, failure recovery and performance optimisation. Optimising data access patterns for large image volumes, including chunked or distributed formats such as Zarr, N5, HDF5 or similar. Knowledge of Drosophila larval neuroanatomy and the use of NBLAST to compare and identify neurons by morphology. CATMAID, Fiji, BiaPy and other open source software platforms for handling neuroscience imagery. Managing large datasets using system administrator skills in Linux and BSD servers, and knowledge of databases such as Postgresql. The use of the Python programming language with evidence in the form of online version control repositories of software written by the applicant. Implementing algorithms into version controlled software packages for use by others. Cloud computing with AWS or similar vendors. Programming languages including python, bash, R, Java . click apply for full job details
Overview As a global market leader, iPipeline combines technology, innovation, and expertise to deliver ground-breaking, award-winning software solutions that transform the life insurance, financial services, and protection industries. With one of the industry's largest data sets, we help advisors/advisers and agents to transform paper and manual operations into a secure, seamless digital experience - from proposal to commission- so they can help better secure the financial futures of their clients. At iPipeline, you'll play a major role in helping us to provide best-in-class, transformative solutions. We're passionate, creative, and innovative, and together as a team, we continually strive to advance, accelerate, and expand the reach of our technology. We value different perspectives and are committed to creating an environment that embraces diverse backgrounds and fosters inclusion. We're proud that we've been recognized as a repeat winner of various industry awards, demonstrating our excellence and highlighting us as a top workplace in both the US and the UK. We believe that the culture we've built for our nearly 900 employees around the world is exceptional and we've created a place where our employees love to come to work, every single day. Come join our team! About iPipeline Founded in 1995, iPipeline operates as a business unit of Roper Technologies (Nasdaq: ROP), a constituent of the Nasdaq 100, S&P 500 , and Fortune 1000 indices. iPipeline is a leading global provider of comprehensive and integrated digital solutions for the life insurance and financial services industries in North America, and life insurance and pensions industries in the UK. We couple one of the most expansive digital and automated platforms with one of the industry's largest data libraries to accelerate, automate, and simplify various applications, processes, and workflows - from quote to commission - with seamless integration. Our vision is to help everyone achieve lasting financial security by delivering innovative solutions that connect, simplify, and transform the industry. iPipeline is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, color, religious creed, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, and/or protected veteran status. We are committed to building a supportive and inclusive environment for all employees. This is an office-based position. Responsibilities The Experienced Database Administrator independently manages and maintains databases, ensuring performance, availability, and security. Implements standard database configurations, monitors performance metrics, and takes corrective actions for common issues, independently and in conjunction with our clients' iPipeline software instances. Coordinates with development and infrastructure teams for routine updates and enhancements. Database Administration, Maintenance & Support: Independently install and configure standard database systems in development and test environments. Independently perform regular maintenance, patches, and updates. Manage daily health checks and respond to common alerts. Maintain documentation of configurations and changes. Troubleshoot moderately complex issues in development and production environments. Use diagnostic tools to identify root causes and apply known solutions with minimal supervision. Collaborate with developers and system admins to resolve incidents efficiently. Participate in database migrations and data transfers between environments (e.g., dev, test, prod). Perform pre- and post-migration tasks such as backups, validation, and troubleshooting. Document procedures and identify areas for improvement in migration processes. Performance Monitoring & Optimization: Monitor performance using diagnostic tools and address common bottlenecks. Recommend and apply indexing, query tuning, and configuration adjustments. Conduct impact assessments for proposed database changes. Security & Access Control: Implement and manage user roles and access levels based on job duties. Enforce security policies and ensure user access logs are reviewed regularly. Participate in audits and assist with remediation actions. Backup & Recovery: Manage backup schedules and verify backup integrity. Execute recovery procedures during system incidents. Maintain and test recovery documentation regularly. Collaboration & Communication: Coordinate with developers and system administrators on routine integrations. Communicate technical details clearly with non-technical stakeholders. Provide status updates and contribute to planning meetings. Process Improvement & Innovation: Propose optimizations to improve routine DBA workflows. Document new procedures and update playbooks. Participate in evaluating tools for performance monitoring and automation. All other duties as assigned. Qualifications Technical Competencies Database Fundamentals & Architecture: Experience working with multiple database engines (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL); knowledgeable about basic integration concepts. Query Performance & Optimization: Skilled in SQL query tuning, indexing, and performance troubleshooting. Experience diagnosing and tuning slow-running queries using execution plans and basic indexing. Schema Design & Data Modeling: Proficient in database configuration. Intermediate understanding of normalization and indexing strategies. Experience designing moderately complex schemas. Automation & Scripting: Solid scripting ability (e.g., PowerShell, Bash, Python). Experience writing scripts to automate routine administrative and maintenance tasks. Monitoring & Diagnostics: Experience with monitoring tools and performance dashboards. Experience using diagnostic tools to identify performance issues and propose standard resolutions. Backup, Recovery & High-Availability: Experience managing backup schedules and performing recovery. Intermediate understanding of RTO/RPO concepts. Security & Access Management: Familiar with database security practices and compliance considerations. Experience implementing security groups, access controls, and basic encryption measures. Professional Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to work independently on routine tasks and support incidents with minor guidance. Benefits Typically requires a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or international equivalent). Typically requires 3+ years of hands on experience with database administration in production environments. LICENSES OR CERTIFICATIONS Certifications (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator, Oracle DBA) are a plus.
25/07/2026
Full time
Overview As a global market leader, iPipeline combines technology, innovation, and expertise to deliver ground-breaking, award-winning software solutions that transform the life insurance, financial services, and protection industries. With one of the industry's largest data sets, we help advisors/advisers and agents to transform paper and manual operations into a secure, seamless digital experience - from proposal to commission- so they can help better secure the financial futures of their clients. At iPipeline, you'll play a major role in helping us to provide best-in-class, transformative solutions. We're passionate, creative, and innovative, and together as a team, we continually strive to advance, accelerate, and expand the reach of our technology. We value different perspectives and are committed to creating an environment that embraces diverse backgrounds and fosters inclusion. We're proud that we've been recognized as a repeat winner of various industry awards, demonstrating our excellence and highlighting us as a top workplace in both the US and the UK. We believe that the culture we've built for our nearly 900 employees around the world is exceptional and we've created a place where our employees love to come to work, every single day. Come join our team! About iPipeline Founded in 1995, iPipeline operates as a business unit of Roper Technologies (Nasdaq: ROP), a constituent of the Nasdaq 100, S&P 500 , and Fortune 1000 indices. iPipeline is a leading global provider of comprehensive and integrated digital solutions for the life insurance and financial services industries in North America, and life insurance and pensions industries in the UK. We couple one of the most expansive digital and automated platforms with one of the industry's largest data libraries to accelerate, automate, and simplify various applications, processes, and workflows - from quote to commission - with seamless integration. Our vision is to help everyone achieve lasting financial security by delivering innovative solutions that connect, simplify, and transform the industry. iPipeline is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, color, religious creed, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, and/or protected veteran status. We are committed to building a supportive and inclusive environment for all employees. This is an office-based position. Responsibilities The Experienced Database Administrator independently manages and maintains databases, ensuring performance, availability, and security. Implements standard database configurations, monitors performance metrics, and takes corrective actions for common issues, independently and in conjunction with our clients' iPipeline software instances. Coordinates with development and infrastructure teams for routine updates and enhancements. Database Administration, Maintenance & Support: Independently install and configure standard database systems in development and test environments. Independently perform regular maintenance, patches, and updates. Manage daily health checks and respond to common alerts. Maintain documentation of configurations and changes. Troubleshoot moderately complex issues in development and production environments. Use diagnostic tools to identify root causes and apply known solutions with minimal supervision. Collaborate with developers and system admins to resolve incidents efficiently. Participate in database migrations and data transfers between environments (e.g., dev, test, prod). Perform pre- and post-migration tasks such as backups, validation, and troubleshooting. Document procedures and identify areas for improvement in migration processes. Performance Monitoring & Optimization: Monitor performance using diagnostic tools and address common bottlenecks. Recommend and apply indexing, query tuning, and configuration adjustments. Conduct impact assessments for proposed database changes. Security & Access Control: Implement and manage user roles and access levels based on job duties. Enforce security policies and ensure user access logs are reviewed regularly. Participate in audits and assist with remediation actions. Backup & Recovery: Manage backup schedules and verify backup integrity. Execute recovery procedures during system incidents. Maintain and test recovery documentation regularly. Collaboration & Communication: Coordinate with developers and system administrators on routine integrations. Communicate technical details clearly with non-technical stakeholders. Provide status updates and contribute to planning meetings. Process Improvement & Innovation: Propose optimizations to improve routine DBA workflows. Document new procedures and update playbooks. Participate in evaluating tools for performance monitoring and automation. All other duties as assigned. Qualifications Technical Competencies Database Fundamentals & Architecture: Experience working with multiple database engines (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL); knowledgeable about basic integration concepts. Query Performance & Optimization: Skilled in SQL query tuning, indexing, and performance troubleshooting. Experience diagnosing and tuning slow-running queries using execution plans and basic indexing. Schema Design & Data Modeling: Proficient in database configuration. Intermediate understanding of normalization and indexing strategies. Experience designing moderately complex schemas. Automation & Scripting: Solid scripting ability (e.g., PowerShell, Bash, Python). Experience writing scripts to automate routine administrative and maintenance tasks. Monitoring & Diagnostics: Experience with monitoring tools and performance dashboards. Experience using diagnostic tools to identify performance issues and propose standard resolutions. Backup, Recovery & High-Availability: Experience managing backup schedules and performing recovery. Intermediate understanding of RTO/RPO concepts. Security & Access Management: Familiar with database security practices and compliance considerations. Experience implementing security groups, access controls, and basic encryption measures. Professional Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to work independently on routine tasks and support incidents with minor guidance. Benefits Typically requires a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or international equivalent). Typically requires 3+ years of hands on experience with database administration in production environments. LICENSES OR CERTIFICATIONS Certifications (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator, Oracle DBA) are a plus.
Job Purpose Are you a Software Engineer who thrives on solving complex problems through hands on development and in collaboration with researchers and end users? The Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC) is seeking a Research Software Engineer to play a central role in designing and delivering innovative software and data science solutions that unlock the potential of urban data for research, policy, and public impact. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys collaborating with researchers and end users, architecting systems, and building tools that make complex datasets accessible, interactive, and actionable. As an RSE, you will be responsible for the end to end development of robust data analytics pipelines, scalable applications, and intuitive user interfaces. You will work directly with interdisciplinary teams of researchers, data scientists, and external partners to co create impactful solutions that support data intensive social research. This is a unique opportunity to join a mission driven organisation that values innovation, technical excellence, and real world impact. At UBDC, you'll be part of a dynamic environment that encourages creativity, collaboration, and continuous learning. Main Duties and Responsibilities Apply and direct the use of state of the art software engineering (including agile project management, data science and artificial intelligence) to address challenges faced by University of Glasgow researchers. Liaise with UBDC and external researchers, administrators, and end user stakeholders to capture requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions. Design, develop and maintain production grade front end applications and visual interfaces to support data exploration, analysis, and public engagement. Operationalise and maintain backend and platform technologies (e.g., databases, ETL pipelines, GraphQL APIs via Hasura, REST APIs, file storage and authentication services) to ensure secure, efficient data delivery. Support UBDC researchers with ad hoc technical tasks relating to dataset generation, model development, and analysis. Database administration and query development, including performance optimisation and SQL based analytics. Maintain and update landing websites hosted in Webflow. Document developed systems and provide training, client manuals, and technical workshops as needed. Support publication of data assets, including preparation of formats, metadata, and access methods. Continue to learn new methods, frameworks, and technologies to support innovation in software engineering for urban data research. Knowledge and Qualifications Essential Knowledge and Qualifications A1 Degree (or equivalent experience) in IT, Computer Science, or related discipline. A2 Specialist knowledge of software engineering, including backend and frontend development methodologies. A3 Strong programming expertise for data driven, user facing applications (e.g., JavaScript/React/Next.js, Python, Node). A4 Skills in database administration (e.g., PostgreSQL) and integration of APIs. A5 Experience with designing, developing, deploying and maintaining production ready web systems. A6 Excellent communication skills and ability to work in interdisciplinary teams. Desirable Knowledge B1 Knowledge of geospatial data structures and visualisation tools. B2 Skills in user centred design, including collaborative design software such as Figma or Adobe Creative Suite. B3 Familiarity with SCRUM project management, including backlog tracking and sprint planning. B4 Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and containerisation/orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes). B5 Experience maintaining CMS driven websites (e.g., Webflow). Essential Skills C1 Sufficient professional experience (or equivalent) in software engineering roles. C2 Strong experience building software applications for data driven contexts. C3 Proven experience integrating APIs and operating production databases. Desirable Skills D1 Experience supporting data intensive research projects. D2 Experience developing or maintaining geospatial applications. D3 Experience with deploying software services on cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure) and containerisation/orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes). Essential Experience E1 Software development expertise, including modern frameworks and libraries (e.g., React, Next.js, JavaScript/TypeScript) for building production grade user interfaces. E2 Strong skills in user centred design activities such as requirements analysis, collaborative system design and evaluation for user facing applications. E3 Database administration and query optimisation (e.g., PostgreSQL), including schema design and SQL query development. E4 Experience with API integration and development, including RESTful web services and GraphQL (e.g., Hasura). E5 Proven ability to manage workload effectively, meet deadlines, and adapt flexibly to evolving project requirements. E6 Ability to apply agile project management practices (e.g., SCRUM), including backlog management, sprint planning, and team facilitation. E7 Ability to prepare technical documentation, proposals, and user training materials. Desirable Experience F1 Skills in maintaining and updating CMS driven websites (e.g., Webflow). F2 Experience and skills with big data analysis and management. Job Features Responsibility for the management of large complex databases. Collaborate with other RSEs on routine programming and system management tasks. Plan and organise own workload effectively and efficiently, completing tasks within tight time constraints. Proactively facilitate senior Centre personnel and service user requirements in a flexible and ordered fashion. Participate in the identification of significant and critical issues affecting the progress of projects and communicate such issues to Centre personnel in a timely fashion. Apply specialist knowledge in software engineering and make independent decisions, recommending changes to current practices when appropriate. Recommend new IT solutions and enhanced functionality to improve the efficiency of routinely collected urban data to clients. Liaise regularly with colleagues, senior management, and external partners to develop user applications. Recognise and resolve issues within software development and data management, flagging critical issues to senior personnel, and offering solutions and advice at a technical level. Contribute to the Centre's reputation by providing high standard work and innovative technological solutions. Occasional work outside normal working hours may be required. Terms and Conditions Salary will be Grade 7, £41,064 - £46,049 per annum. This post is full time and fixed term for up to 31.10.2028 (fixed end date). The University of Glasgow has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. If you require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the UK, you will be required to meet the eligibility requirements of the visa route to be assigned a Certificate of Sponsorship. Please note that this post may be eligible to be sponsored under the Skilled Worker visa route if transferable points can be used under the Skilled Worker visa rules. For more information please visit Equal Opportunity Statement We believe that we can only reach our full potential through the talents of all. Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our values. Applications are particularly welcome from across our communities and in particular people from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community, and other protected characteristics who are under represented within the University. Read more on how the University promotes and embeds all aspects of equality and diversity within our community at We endorse the principles of Athena Swan and hold bronze, silver and gold awards across the University.
25/07/2026
Full time
Job Purpose Are you a Software Engineer who thrives on solving complex problems through hands on development and in collaboration with researchers and end users? The Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC) is seeking a Research Software Engineer to play a central role in designing and delivering innovative software and data science solutions that unlock the potential of urban data for research, policy, and public impact. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys collaborating with researchers and end users, architecting systems, and building tools that make complex datasets accessible, interactive, and actionable. As an RSE, you will be responsible for the end to end development of robust data analytics pipelines, scalable applications, and intuitive user interfaces. You will work directly with interdisciplinary teams of researchers, data scientists, and external partners to co create impactful solutions that support data intensive social research. This is a unique opportunity to join a mission driven organisation that values innovation, technical excellence, and real world impact. At UBDC, you'll be part of a dynamic environment that encourages creativity, collaboration, and continuous learning. Main Duties and Responsibilities Apply and direct the use of state of the art software engineering (including agile project management, data science and artificial intelligence) to address challenges faced by University of Glasgow researchers. Liaise with UBDC and external researchers, administrators, and end user stakeholders to capture requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions. Design, develop and maintain production grade front end applications and visual interfaces to support data exploration, analysis, and public engagement. Operationalise and maintain backend and platform technologies (e.g., databases, ETL pipelines, GraphQL APIs via Hasura, REST APIs, file storage and authentication services) to ensure secure, efficient data delivery. Support UBDC researchers with ad hoc technical tasks relating to dataset generation, model development, and analysis. Database administration and query development, including performance optimisation and SQL based analytics. Maintain and update landing websites hosted in Webflow. Document developed systems and provide training, client manuals, and technical workshops as needed. Support publication of data assets, including preparation of formats, metadata, and access methods. Continue to learn new methods, frameworks, and technologies to support innovation in software engineering for urban data research. Knowledge and Qualifications Essential Knowledge and Qualifications A1 Degree (or equivalent experience) in IT, Computer Science, or related discipline. A2 Specialist knowledge of software engineering, including backend and frontend development methodologies. A3 Strong programming expertise for data driven, user facing applications (e.g., JavaScript/React/Next.js, Python, Node). A4 Skills in database administration (e.g., PostgreSQL) and integration of APIs. A5 Experience with designing, developing, deploying and maintaining production ready web systems. A6 Excellent communication skills and ability to work in interdisciplinary teams. Desirable Knowledge B1 Knowledge of geospatial data structures and visualisation tools. B2 Skills in user centred design, including collaborative design software such as Figma or Adobe Creative Suite. B3 Familiarity with SCRUM project management, including backlog tracking and sprint planning. B4 Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and containerisation/orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes). B5 Experience maintaining CMS driven websites (e.g., Webflow). Essential Skills C1 Sufficient professional experience (or equivalent) in software engineering roles. C2 Strong experience building software applications for data driven contexts. C3 Proven experience integrating APIs and operating production databases. Desirable Skills D1 Experience supporting data intensive research projects. D2 Experience developing or maintaining geospatial applications. D3 Experience with deploying software services on cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure) and containerisation/orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes). Essential Experience E1 Software development expertise, including modern frameworks and libraries (e.g., React, Next.js, JavaScript/TypeScript) for building production grade user interfaces. E2 Strong skills in user centred design activities such as requirements analysis, collaborative system design and evaluation for user facing applications. E3 Database administration and query optimisation (e.g., PostgreSQL), including schema design and SQL query development. E4 Experience with API integration and development, including RESTful web services and GraphQL (e.g., Hasura). E5 Proven ability to manage workload effectively, meet deadlines, and adapt flexibly to evolving project requirements. E6 Ability to apply agile project management practices (e.g., SCRUM), including backlog management, sprint planning, and team facilitation. E7 Ability to prepare technical documentation, proposals, and user training materials. Desirable Experience F1 Skills in maintaining and updating CMS driven websites (e.g., Webflow). F2 Experience and skills with big data analysis and management. Job Features Responsibility for the management of large complex databases. Collaborate with other RSEs on routine programming and system management tasks. Plan and organise own workload effectively and efficiently, completing tasks within tight time constraints. Proactively facilitate senior Centre personnel and service user requirements in a flexible and ordered fashion. Participate in the identification of significant and critical issues affecting the progress of projects and communicate such issues to Centre personnel in a timely fashion. Apply specialist knowledge in software engineering and make independent decisions, recommending changes to current practices when appropriate. Recommend new IT solutions and enhanced functionality to improve the efficiency of routinely collected urban data to clients. Liaise regularly with colleagues, senior management, and external partners to develop user applications. Recognise and resolve issues within software development and data management, flagging critical issues to senior personnel, and offering solutions and advice at a technical level. Contribute to the Centre's reputation by providing high standard work and innovative technological solutions. Occasional work outside normal working hours may be required. Terms and Conditions Salary will be Grade 7, £41,064 - £46,049 per annum. This post is full time and fixed term for up to 31.10.2028 (fixed end date). The University of Glasgow has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK. If you require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the UK, you will be required to meet the eligibility requirements of the visa route to be assigned a Certificate of Sponsorship. Please note that this post may be eligible to be sponsored under the Skilled Worker visa route if transferable points can be used under the Skilled Worker visa rules. For more information please visit Equal Opportunity Statement We believe that we can only reach our full potential through the talents of all. Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our values. Applications are particularly welcome from across our communities and in particular people from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community, and other protected characteristics who are under represented within the University. Read more on how the University promotes and embeds all aspects of equality and diversity within our community at We endorse the principles of Athena Swan and hold bronze, silver and gold awards across the University.
Sr. Cloud Platform Engineer Location: India/ Belfast Contract: Permanent, Full Time Hours: 40 Hours per week Reporting to: Lead - Cloud Infrastructure About Funds-Axis Funds-Axis' Mission is to be routinely identified as a leading trusted provider of global funds technology to the Investment Management industry. Our Vision is to transform the industry approach to investment compliance, risk, and regulatory reporting by offering a highly efficient and secure, multi-modular technology platform backed up by highest levels of expert regulatory support and service. Our clients are leading global asset managers, administrators, and depositary banks. This market is growing strongly, reflecting increasing regulatory demands and the need for technology solutions. Our Core Values and company Culture revolves around Innovation through Collaboration, Expertise, Pride in our Excellence of Service, Trust, and Integrity. As a result of continued growth, we are actively recruiting an ambitious, sociable, intelligent Product Owners with initiative, a strong work ethic, excellent communication skills and analytical skills. Basic Qualifications 7+ years of hands on experience in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering, with exposure to live production environments. Practical end to end experience across planning, implementation, deployment, monitoring, and operational support. Experience designing, building, and supporting secure, scalable, and reliable AWS based solutions in production. Hands on experience with infrastructure as code, automation, and CI/CD processes in enterprise or product environments. Experience working with containerised applications and supporting deployments across non production and production environments. Good understanding of networking, security, identity and access management, backup and recovery, and operational best practices in cloud environments. Practical experience in AWS cost management, including identifying optimisation opportunities, improving resource utilisation, and supporting cost conscious infrastructure decisions. A practical and collaborative approach, with willingness to contribute to planning, implementation, troubleshooting, continuous improvement, and cost optimisation activities. Roles and Responsibilities Contribute to the planning, design, implementation, and ongoing support of cloud infrastructure and DevOps solutions. Build, maintain, and improve secure, scalable, and reliable AWS platforms that support business critical applications. Implement and support CI/CD pipelines to enable consistent, efficient, and reliable software delivery. Work with engineering, architecture, security, and support teams to help ensure solutions are practical, supportable, and production ready. Support infrastructure as code, configuration management, and automation initiatives to improve consistency and reduce manual effort. Monitor platform health, troubleshoot issues, and assist with incident resolution and root cause analysis for production environments. Help implement logging, alerting, and observability capabilities to improve reliability, visibility, and operational response. Support cloud security, patching, backup, recovery, and access control activities in line with operational standards. Assist with environment planning, performance tuning, and cost optimisation across cloud services and workloads. Analyse AWS usage and spending patterns help identify cost saving opportunities, and support implementation of cost management best practices such as rightsizing, scheduling, tagging, and resource optimisation. Take a hands on approach to delivery, working across planning and implementation while contributing to continuous platform improvement. Key Skills Required Hands on experience with AWS services across compute, networking, storage, security, monitoring, and platform operations, such as EC2, ECS, EKS, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, Systems Manager, RDS, and S3. Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, including reusable modules and environment configuration. Experience with CI/CD tooling and deployment automation using platforms such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Circle CI or similar tools. Experience with containerisation and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes. Scripting and automation skills using PowerShell, Bash, Python, or similar languages. Knowledge of monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability tools to support operational reliability and troubleshooting. Understanding of cloud security, secrets management, patching, access control, and operational governance. Experience with AWS cost management and optimisation, including cost analysis, resource rightsizing, tagging practices, usage reporting, and identifying opportunities to improve cost efficiency. Familiarity with AWS cost and billing tools such as Cost Explorer, Budgets, tagging strategies, and FinOps oriented cost governance practices. Working knowledge of relational databases such as PostgreSQL and MySQL, with experience supporting performance tuning and performance improvements in production environments. Strong problem solving skills and a practical approach to troubleshooting infrastructure, deployment, and cost efficiency issues. Desired Skills Exposure to Sumo Logic to support log analysis, operational visibility, issue investigation, and service reliability. Awareness of AI deployment within infrastructure environments, including scalable platform provisioning, model hosting considerations, automation, and operational readiness. Certifications Certifications required AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate or Professional Good to have Terraform Associate. Kubernetes, DevOps, or cloud security certifications. Additional AWS certifications in DevOps, Security, or Advanced Networking. Why Choose Us? In return for your commitment, we offer a strong remuneration package and significant opportunities to grow and develop as our business expands, including: 33 days' vacation leave per annum (prorated if starting during the leave year). This includes all bank holidays/statutory days. 5% employer contribution pension Healthcare and life insurance Progressive maternity and paternity pay Work with a great team Travel opportunities Work with leading international finance companies First class training package Excellent career progression opportunities Free, secure city centre parking onsite Apply If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience to be successful in this role, email your details to today, forwarding an up to date copy of your CV for consideration in the first instance.
25/07/2026
Full time
Sr. Cloud Platform Engineer Location: India/ Belfast Contract: Permanent, Full Time Hours: 40 Hours per week Reporting to: Lead - Cloud Infrastructure About Funds-Axis Funds-Axis' Mission is to be routinely identified as a leading trusted provider of global funds technology to the Investment Management industry. Our Vision is to transform the industry approach to investment compliance, risk, and regulatory reporting by offering a highly efficient and secure, multi-modular technology platform backed up by highest levels of expert regulatory support and service. Our clients are leading global asset managers, administrators, and depositary banks. This market is growing strongly, reflecting increasing regulatory demands and the need for technology solutions. Our Core Values and company Culture revolves around Innovation through Collaboration, Expertise, Pride in our Excellence of Service, Trust, and Integrity. As a result of continued growth, we are actively recruiting an ambitious, sociable, intelligent Product Owners with initiative, a strong work ethic, excellent communication skills and analytical skills. Basic Qualifications 7+ years of hands on experience in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering, with exposure to live production environments. Practical end to end experience across planning, implementation, deployment, monitoring, and operational support. Experience designing, building, and supporting secure, scalable, and reliable AWS based solutions in production. Hands on experience with infrastructure as code, automation, and CI/CD processes in enterprise or product environments. Experience working with containerised applications and supporting deployments across non production and production environments. Good understanding of networking, security, identity and access management, backup and recovery, and operational best practices in cloud environments. Practical experience in AWS cost management, including identifying optimisation opportunities, improving resource utilisation, and supporting cost conscious infrastructure decisions. A practical and collaborative approach, with willingness to contribute to planning, implementation, troubleshooting, continuous improvement, and cost optimisation activities. Roles and Responsibilities Contribute to the planning, design, implementation, and ongoing support of cloud infrastructure and DevOps solutions. Build, maintain, and improve secure, scalable, and reliable AWS platforms that support business critical applications. Implement and support CI/CD pipelines to enable consistent, efficient, and reliable software delivery. Work with engineering, architecture, security, and support teams to help ensure solutions are practical, supportable, and production ready. Support infrastructure as code, configuration management, and automation initiatives to improve consistency and reduce manual effort. Monitor platform health, troubleshoot issues, and assist with incident resolution and root cause analysis for production environments. Help implement logging, alerting, and observability capabilities to improve reliability, visibility, and operational response. Support cloud security, patching, backup, recovery, and access control activities in line with operational standards. Assist with environment planning, performance tuning, and cost optimisation across cloud services and workloads. Analyse AWS usage and spending patterns help identify cost saving opportunities, and support implementation of cost management best practices such as rightsizing, scheduling, tagging, and resource optimisation. Take a hands on approach to delivery, working across planning and implementation while contributing to continuous platform improvement. Key Skills Required Hands on experience with AWS services across compute, networking, storage, security, monitoring, and platform operations, such as EC2, ECS, EKS, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, Systems Manager, RDS, and S3. Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, including reusable modules and environment configuration. Experience with CI/CD tooling and deployment automation using platforms such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Circle CI or similar tools. Experience with containerisation and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes. Scripting and automation skills using PowerShell, Bash, Python, or similar languages. Knowledge of monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability tools to support operational reliability and troubleshooting. Understanding of cloud security, secrets management, patching, access control, and operational governance. Experience with AWS cost management and optimisation, including cost analysis, resource rightsizing, tagging practices, usage reporting, and identifying opportunities to improve cost efficiency. Familiarity with AWS cost and billing tools such as Cost Explorer, Budgets, tagging strategies, and FinOps oriented cost governance practices. Working knowledge of relational databases such as PostgreSQL and MySQL, with experience supporting performance tuning and performance improvements in production environments. Strong problem solving skills and a practical approach to troubleshooting infrastructure, deployment, and cost efficiency issues. Desired Skills Exposure to Sumo Logic to support log analysis, operational visibility, issue investigation, and service reliability. Awareness of AI deployment within infrastructure environments, including scalable platform provisioning, model hosting considerations, automation, and operational readiness. Certifications Certifications required AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate or Professional Good to have Terraform Associate. Kubernetes, DevOps, or cloud security certifications. Additional AWS certifications in DevOps, Security, or Advanced Networking. Why Choose Us? In return for your commitment, we offer a strong remuneration package and significant opportunities to grow and develop as our business expands, including: 33 days' vacation leave per annum (prorated if starting during the leave year). This includes all bank holidays/statutory days. 5% employer contribution pension Healthcare and life insurance Progressive maternity and paternity pay Work with a great team Travel opportunities Work with leading international finance companies First class training package Excellent career progression opportunities Free, secure city centre parking onsite Apply If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience to be successful in this role, email your details to today, forwarding an up to date copy of your CV for consideration in the first instance.
Overview As a global market leader, iPipeline combines technology, innovation, and expertise to deliver ground-breaking, award-winning software solutions that transform the life insurance, financial services, and protection industries. With one of the industry's largest data sets, we help advisors/advisers and agents to transform paper and manual operations into a secure, seamless digital experience - from proposal to commission- so they can help better secure the financial futures of their clients. At iPipeline, you'll play a major role in helping us to provide best-in-class, transformative solutions. We're passionate, creative, and innovative, and together as a team, we continually strive to advance, accelerate, and expand the reach of our technology. We value different perspectives and are committed to creating an environment that embraces diverse backgrounds and fosters inclusion. We're proud that we've been recognized as a repeat winner of various industry awards, demonstrating our excellence and highlighting us as a top workplace in both the US and the UK. We believe that the culture we've built for our nearly 900 employees around the world is exceptional and we've created a place where our employees love to come to work, every single day. Come join our team! About iPipeline Founded in 1995, iPipeline operates as a business unit of Roper Technologies (Nasdaq: ROP), a constituent of the Nasdaq 100, S&P 500 , and Fortune 1000 indices. iPipeline is a leading global provider of comprehensive and integrated digital solutions for the life insurance and financial services industries in North America, and life insurance and pensions industries in the UK. We couple one of the most expansive digital and automated platforms with one of the industry's largest data libraries to accelerate, automate, and simplify various applications, processes, and workflows - from quote to commission - with seamless integration. Our vision is to help everyone achieve lasting financial security by delivering innovative solutions that connect, simplify, and transform the industry. iPipeline is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, color, religious creed, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, and/or protected veteran status. We are committed to building a supportive and inclusive environment for all employees. This is an office-based position. Responsibilities The Experienced Database Administrator independently manages and maintains databases, ensuring performance, availability, and security. Implements standard database configurations, monitors performance metrics, and takes corrective actions for common issues, independently and in conjunction with our clients' iPipeline software instances. Coordinates with development and infrastructure teams for routine updates and enhancements. Database Administration, Maintenance & Support: Independently install and configure standard database systems in development and test environments. Independently perform regular maintenance, patches, and updates. Manage daily health checks and respond to common alerts. Maintain documentation of configurations and changes. Troubleshoot moderately complex issues in development and production environments. Use diagnostic tools to identify root causes and apply known solutions with minimal supervision. Collaborate with developers and system admins to resolve incidents efficiently. Participate in database migrations and data transfers between environments (e.g., dev, test, prod). Perform pre- and post-migration tasks such as backups, validation, and troubleshooting. Document procedures and identify areas for improvement in migration processes. Performance Monitoring & Optimization: Monitor performance using diagnostic tools and address common bottlenecks. Recommend and apply indexing, query tuning, and configuration adjustments. Conduct impact assessments for proposed database changes. Security & Access Control: Implement and manage user roles and access levels based on job duties. Enforce security policies and ensure user access logs are reviewed regularly. Participate in audits and assist with remediation actions. Backup & Recovery: Manage backup schedules and verify backup integrity. Execute recovery procedures during system incidents. Maintain and test recovery documentation regularly. Collaboration & Communication: Coordinate with developers and system administrators on routine integrations. Communicate technical details clearly with non-technical stakeholders. Provide status updates and contribute to planning meetings. Process Improvement & Innovation: Propose optimizations to improve routine DBA workflows. Document new procedures and update playbooks. Participate in evaluating tools for performance monitoring and automation. All other duties as assigned. Qualifications Technical Competencies Database Fundamentals & Architecture: Experience working with multiple database engines (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL); knowledgeable about basic integration concepts. Query Performance & Optimization: Skilled in SQL query tuning, indexing, and performance troubleshooting. Experience diagnosing and tuning slow-running queries using execution plans and basic indexing. Schema Design & Data Modeling: Proficient in database configuration. Intermediate understanding of normalization and indexing strategies. Experience designing moderately complex schemas. Automation & Scripting: Solid scripting ability (e.g., PowerShell, Bash, Python). Experience writing scripts to automate routine administrative and maintenance tasks. Monitoring & Diagnostics: Experience with monitoring tools and performance dashboards. Experience using diagnostic tools to identify performance issues and propose standard resolutions. Backup, Recovery & High-Availability: Experience managing backup schedules and performing recovery. Intermediate understanding of RTO/RPO concepts. Security & Access Management: Familiar with database security practices and compliance considerations. Experience implementing security groups, access controls, and basic encryption measures. Professional Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to work independently on routine tasks and support incidents with minor guidance. Benefits Typically requires a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or international equivalent). Typically requires 3+ years of hands on experience with database administration in production environments. LICENSES OR CERTIFICATIONS Certifications (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator, Oracle DBA) are a plus.
24/07/2026
Full time
Overview As a global market leader, iPipeline combines technology, innovation, and expertise to deliver ground-breaking, award-winning software solutions that transform the life insurance, financial services, and protection industries. With one of the industry's largest data sets, we help advisors/advisers and agents to transform paper and manual operations into a secure, seamless digital experience - from proposal to commission- so they can help better secure the financial futures of their clients. At iPipeline, you'll play a major role in helping us to provide best-in-class, transformative solutions. We're passionate, creative, and innovative, and together as a team, we continually strive to advance, accelerate, and expand the reach of our technology. We value different perspectives and are committed to creating an environment that embraces diverse backgrounds and fosters inclusion. We're proud that we've been recognized as a repeat winner of various industry awards, demonstrating our excellence and highlighting us as a top workplace in both the US and the UK. We believe that the culture we've built for our nearly 900 employees around the world is exceptional and we've created a place where our employees love to come to work, every single day. Come join our team! About iPipeline Founded in 1995, iPipeline operates as a business unit of Roper Technologies (Nasdaq: ROP), a constituent of the Nasdaq 100, S&P 500 , and Fortune 1000 indices. iPipeline is a leading global provider of comprehensive and integrated digital solutions for the life insurance and financial services industries in North America, and life insurance and pensions industries in the UK. We couple one of the most expansive digital and automated platforms with one of the industry's largest data libraries to accelerate, automate, and simplify various applications, processes, and workflows - from quote to commission - with seamless integration. Our vision is to help everyone achieve lasting financial security by delivering innovative solutions that connect, simplify, and transform the industry. iPipeline is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, color, religious creed, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, and/or protected veteran status. We are committed to building a supportive and inclusive environment for all employees. This is an office-based position. Responsibilities The Experienced Database Administrator independently manages and maintains databases, ensuring performance, availability, and security. Implements standard database configurations, monitors performance metrics, and takes corrective actions for common issues, independently and in conjunction with our clients' iPipeline software instances. Coordinates with development and infrastructure teams for routine updates and enhancements. Database Administration, Maintenance & Support: Independently install and configure standard database systems in development and test environments. Independently perform regular maintenance, patches, and updates. Manage daily health checks and respond to common alerts. Maintain documentation of configurations and changes. Troubleshoot moderately complex issues in development and production environments. Use diagnostic tools to identify root causes and apply known solutions with minimal supervision. Collaborate with developers and system admins to resolve incidents efficiently. Participate in database migrations and data transfers between environments (e.g., dev, test, prod). Perform pre- and post-migration tasks such as backups, validation, and troubleshooting. Document procedures and identify areas for improvement in migration processes. Performance Monitoring & Optimization: Monitor performance using diagnostic tools and address common bottlenecks. Recommend and apply indexing, query tuning, and configuration adjustments. Conduct impact assessments for proposed database changes. Security & Access Control: Implement and manage user roles and access levels based on job duties. Enforce security policies and ensure user access logs are reviewed regularly. Participate in audits and assist with remediation actions. Backup & Recovery: Manage backup schedules and verify backup integrity. Execute recovery procedures during system incidents. Maintain and test recovery documentation regularly. Collaboration & Communication: Coordinate with developers and system administrators on routine integrations. Communicate technical details clearly with non-technical stakeholders. Provide status updates and contribute to planning meetings. Process Improvement & Innovation: Propose optimizations to improve routine DBA workflows. Document new procedures and update playbooks. Participate in evaluating tools for performance monitoring and automation. All other duties as assigned. Qualifications Technical Competencies Database Fundamentals & Architecture: Experience working with multiple database engines (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL); knowledgeable about basic integration concepts. Query Performance & Optimization: Skilled in SQL query tuning, indexing, and performance troubleshooting. Experience diagnosing and tuning slow-running queries using execution plans and basic indexing. Schema Design & Data Modeling: Proficient in database configuration. Intermediate understanding of normalization and indexing strategies. Experience designing moderately complex schemas. Automation & Scripting: Solid scripting ability (e.g., PowerShell, Bash, Python). Experience writing scripts to automate routine administrative and maintenance tasks. Monitoring & Diagnostics: Experience with monitoring tools and performance dashboards. Experience using diagnostic tools to identify performance issues and propose standard resolutions. Backup, Recovery & High-Availability: Experience managing backup schedules and performing recovery. Intermediate understanding of RTO/RPO concepts. Security & Access Management: Familiar with database security practices and compliance considerations. Experience implementing security groups, access controls, and basic encryption measures. Professional Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to work independently on routine tasks and support incidents with minor guidance. Benefits Typically requires a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or international equivalent). Typically requires 3+ years of hands on experience with database administration in production environments. LICENSES OR CERTIFICATIONS Certifications (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator, Oracle DBA) are a plus.
Hybrid Work Schedule Verifone is proudly an in office work culture. We allow a hybrid work schedule but regularly revisit our attendance policy. What's Exciting About the Role Verifone is seeking an experienced MySQL lead who will be responsible for ensuring database performance, high availability, and security of MySQL clusters and single instances. You will orchestrate upgrades, backups, HA/DR, and provisioning of database instances, collaborating closely with application architects, senior developers, and support engineers to design optimized database solutions. Key Responsibilities You will be responsible for ensuring that database management policies, processes, and procedures are established and followed, aligning with ITIL best practices and PCI standards. You will review system design changes, liaise with release management and support teams, and maintain stable performance and security. Design, install, deploy, and manage MySQL on physical, virtual, AWS EC2, RDS, or Aurora instances. Build high availability, active active clusters in large scale, multi datacenter environments with minimal RPO/RTO. Implement uniform backup strategies and business continuity plans using Percona XtraDB or custom automation scripts. Define comprehensive database monitoring, alerting, and documentation. Set up master master or master slave replication for high availability. Maintain performance through server optimizations. Guide engineering teams on best practices for server configuration and SQL tuning. Ensure security and compliance via OS and database version upgrades. Collaborate with stakeholders to create effective database solutions. Create and maintain ad hoc reports. Adhere to incident and change processes with thorough documentation and peer review. Support application release processes and automation. Mentor and develop other engineers on MySQL skills. Required Qualifications/Skills Minimum 8 years of experience managing MySQL. Experience with MySQL active/active cluster setups, upgrades, migrations, and scripting. Proficiency in Linux based MySQL administration. Experience with zero or minimal downtime upgrades in production. Designing and architecting MySQL environments using Galera Cluster or Percona XtraDB. Deployment of database monitoring using PMM, New Relic, Datadog, Nagios, Grafana, ELK, or AppD. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience with Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, or Chef. Proficiency with cloud infrastructure, especially AWS RDS. Automation and scripting in Python, Shell, Go, Java, or Rust. Experience with CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab. Advanced database performance tuning, SQL optimization, hardware configuration, and capacity planning. Strong technical leadership, mentoring, and time management skills. Preferred Skills (Not Mandatory) PCI (Payment Card Industry Data Security) standards experience. ITIL environment experience. Deep experience with SQL, stored procedures, triggers, batch jobs, reporting, and analytics. Experience managing PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and/or Oracle. Experience with NoSQL and data engineering technologies such as Kafka, Redis, Snowflake, Databricks, Spark, Redshift, and ETL. Experience with data analytics and business intelligence. EEO Statement Verifone is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Verifone is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
22/07/2026
Full time
Hybrid Work Schedule Verifone is proudly an in office work culture. We allow a hybrid work schedule but regularly revisit our attendance policy. What's Exciting About the Role Verifone is seeking an experienced MySQL lead who will be responsible for ensuring database performance, high availability, and security of MySQL clusters and single instances. You will orchestrate upgrades, backups, HA/DR, and provisioning of database instances, collaborating closely with application architects, senior developers, and support engineers to design optimized database solutions. Key Responsibilities You will be responsible for ensuring that database management policies, processes, and procedures are established and followed, aligning with ITIL best practices and PCI standards. You will review system design changes, liaise with release management and support teams, and maintain stable performance and security. Design, install, deploy, and manage MySQL on physical, virtual, AWS EC2, RDS, or Aurora instances. Build high availability, active active clusters in large scale, multi datacenter environments with minimal RPO/RTO. Implement uniform backup strategies and business continuity plans using Percona XtraDB or custom automation scripts. Define comprehensive database monitoring, alerting, and documentation. Set up master master or master slave replication for high availability. Maintain performance through server optimizations. Guide engineering teams on best practices for server configuration and SQL tuning. Ensure security and compliance via OS and database version upgrades. Collaborate with stakeholders to create effective database solutions. Create and maintain ad hoc reports. Adhere to incident and change processes with thorough documentation and peer review. Support application release processes and automation. Mentor and develop other engineers on MySQL skills. Required Qualifications/Skills Minimum 8 years of experience managing MySQL. Experience with MySQL active/active cluster setups, upgrades, migrations, and scripting. Proficiency in Linux based MySQL administration. Experience with zero or minimal downtime upgrades in production. Designing and architecting MySQL environments using Galera Cluster or Percona XtraDB. Deployment of database monitoring using PMM, New Relic, Datadog, Nagios, Grafana, ELK, or AppD. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) experience with Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, or Chef. Proficiency with cloud infrastructure, especially AWS RDS. Automation and scripting in Python, Shell, Go, Java, or Rust. Experience with CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab. Advanced database performance tuning, SQL optimization, hardware configuration, and capacity planning. Strong technical leadership, mentoring, and time management skills. Preferred Skills (Not Mandatory) PCI (Payment Card Industry Data Security) standards experience. ITIL environment experience. Deep experience with SQL, stored procedures, triggers, batch jobs, reporting, and analytics. Experience managing PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and/or Oracle. Experience with NoSQL and data engineering technologies such as Kafka, Redis, Snowflake, Databricks, Spark, Redshift, and ETL. Experience with data analytics and business intelligence. EEO Statement Verifone is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Verifone is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
A World-Changing Company Palantir builds the world's leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more. The Role The Palantir platform is deployed in numerous critical mission environments including combat zones and classified networks-from the back of a Humvee to a command post to the cloud. This means operating in multiple cloud environments, on-prem air-gapped networks, and at the edge-at scale. We are looking for Edge Infrastructure Engineers to build, operate, and maintain high-performance, scalable, and reliable services for our production infrastructure. This role demands a deep focus on low-level systems, including the deployment and management of physical bare metal servers in both traditional data centers and edge environments. You will be responsible for physical network engineering and the development of robust infrastructure that ensures performance of the Palantir platform. In addition to ensuring performance and reliability, you will play a critical role in building and scaling new environments in a forward-deployed capacity, including onsite. Edge Infrastructure Engineers combine hardware-level engineering experience with the drive to improve existing systems and the creativity to develop novel solutions for evolving challenges. Our team strives to automate processes wherever possible, using whichever tools are best for the job. We strongly believe in engineering teams being responsible for the operations of their services in production. In this role, you'll work closely with engineers to advocate for and participate in sensible, scalable systems design, sharing responsibility for diagnosing, resolving, and preventing production issues across our most demanding deployments. Core Responsibilities Maintaining availability of cloud & physical Kubernetes servers that power the Palantir platform in air-gapped production environments. Design, deploy, and operate infrastructure to support customer & product requirements via modern orchestration & monitoring platforms. Collaborate closely with product teams on requirements & SLOs for deploying software into air-gapped environments. Identifying, troubleshooting, and solving network & systems issues. Scripting to automate away routine operational tasks. What We Value Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with multiple different teams spread over a wide geography. A very high level of independence and resilience with the ability to work remotely with little oversight and guidance. Ability to effectively support our customers and advise them on hardware purchases, capacity planning, firewalls, etc. Should have an understanding of how database systems work and how to manage them e.g Oracle, Postgresql. Does not need to be a Database Administrator. Understanding of Kubernetes, Cassandra, Hadoop, and how distributed systems work in general. Previous experience with server hardware e.g. Dell, HP, etc as well as network engineering, in production data centre environments. Solid practical experience of Linux OS, Linux administration, and troubleshooting, as well as familiarity with related tools, such as Logical Volume Manager (LVM) commands. What We Require 5+ years experience managing medium to large scale systems Ability to travel 20-40% French speaking
21/07/2026
Full time
A World-Changing Company Palantir builds the world's leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more. The Role The Palantir platform is deployed in numerous critical mission environments including combat zones and classified networks-from the back of a Humvee to a command post to the cloud. This means operating in multiple cloud environments, on-prem air-gapped networks, and at the edge-at scale. We are looking for Edge Infrastructure Engineers to build, operate, and maintain high-performance, scalable, and reliable services for our production infrastructure. This role demands a deep focus on low-level systems, including the deployment and management of physical bare metal servers in both traditional data centers and edge environments. You will be responsible for physical network engineering and the development of robust infrastructure that ensures performance of the Palantir platform. In addition to ensuring performance and reliability, you will play a critical role in building and scaling new environments in a forward-deployed capacity, including onsite. Edge Infrastructure Engineers combine hardware-level engineering experience with the drive to improve existing systems and the creativity to develop novel solutions for evolving challenges. Our team strives to automate processes wherever possible, using whichever tools are best for the job. We strongly believe in engineering teams being responsible for the operations of their services in production. In this role, you'll work closely with engineers to advocate for and participate in sensible, scalable systems design, sharing responsibility for diagnosing, resolving, and preventing production issues across our most demanding deployments. Core Responsibilities Maintaining availability of cloud & physical Kubernetes servers that power the Palantir platform in air-gapped production environments. Design, deploy, and operate infrastructure to support customer & product requirements via modern orchestration & monitoring platforms. Collaborate closely with product teams on requirements & SLOs for deploying software into air-gapped environments. Identifying, troubleshooting, and solving network & systems issues. Scripting to automate away routine operational tasks. What We Value Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with multiple different teams spread over a wide geography. A very high level of independence and resilience with the ability to work remotely with little oversight and guidance. Ability to effectively support our customers and advise them on hardware purchases, capacity planning, firewalls, etc. Should have an understanding of how database systems work and how to manage them e.g Oracle, Postgresql. Does not need to be a Database Administrator. Understanding of Kubernetes, Cassandra, Hadoop, and how distributed systems work in general. Previous experience with server hardware e.g. Dell, HP, etc as well as network engineering, in production data centre environments. Solid practical experience of Linux OS, Linux administration, and troubleshooting, as well as familiarity with related tools, such as Logical Volume Manager (LVM) commands. What We Require 5+ years experience managing medium to large scale systems Ability to travel 20-40% French speaking
3rd Line Oracle Database Administrator Location: 90% to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire / 10% West London Security Clearance Level: High -DV 'Developed Vetting' Overview We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated third line Oracle Database Administrator, with high levels of security clearance, to join our growing team of IT experts in delivering high quality IT services to our government and commercial customers. Responsibilities include providing enterprise operational database support and maintenance services to a complex range of imagery and geospatial system capabilities in a high availability operational environment. Responsibilities Provide enterprise operational database support and maintenance for Oracle databases, and to a lesser extent MSSQL and PostgreSQL, across a multi site enterprise solution. Maintain and update Data Models and Data Definition Language, ensuring database integrity. Support systems incorporating ClearCase and ClearQuest software and apply patch fixes. Interact with customers and multiple providers, agencies and customer organisations, delivering day to day objectives and ensuring compliance with project milestones, KPI's and SLA's. Provide remote and on site support, including occasional out of hours on call support. Contribute to the creation and ongoing maintenance of technical documentation and support change projects when required. Qualifications Experience in an ITILv3 support enterprise environment. Oracle DBA (10g/11g) experience in an operational support environment. Knowledge of the change and operational release cycle, including systems integration, development and test. Experience with IT architectures and the application of software/system engineering principles within a secure IT environment. Proactive self starter able to respond to complex situations with little oversight and engage other technical experts as needed. Experience with Oracle 12c support, Windows Server, VMWare environments, WebSphere and JBoss applications. Experience with Microsoft SQL. Any experience working in a Defence environment, and/or with imagery and geospatial tooling and datasets would be highly desirable but is not essential. Occasional travel to other Leidos and customer sites may be required. Remaining up to date with new technologies is part of the job. Clearance Requirements Clearance to Start DV Clearance for Role DV Benefits Contributory Pension Scheme Private Medical Insurance 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays) Access to Flexible benefits (life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme) Dynamic Working Commitment to Diversity We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.
19/07/2026
Full time
3rd Line Oracle Database Administrator Location: 90% to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire / 10% West London Security Clearance Level: High -DV 'Developed Vetting' Overview We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated third line Oracle Database Administrator, with high levels of security clearance, to join our growing team of IT experts in delivering high quality IT services to our government and commercial customers. Responsibilities include providing enterprise operational database support and maintenance services to a complex range of imagery and geospatial system capabilities in a high availability operational environment. Responsibilities Provide enterprise operational database support and maintenance for Oracle databases, and to a lesser extent MSSQL and PostgreSQL, across a multi site enterprise solution. Maintain and update Data Models and Data Definition Language, ensuring database integrity. Support systems incorporating ClearCase and ClearQuest software and apply patch fixes. Interact with customers and multiple providers, agencies and customer organisations, delivering day to day objectives and ensuring compliance with project milestones, KPI's and SLA's. Provide remote and on site support, including occasional out of hours on call support. Contribute to the creation and ongoing maintenance of technical documentation and support change projects when required. Qualifications Experience in an ITILv3 support enterprise environment. Oracle DBA (10g/11g) experience in an operational support environment. Knowledge of the change and operational release cycle, including systems integration, development and test. Experience with IT architectures and the application of software/system engineering principles within a secure IT environment. Proactive self starter able to respond to complex situations with little oversight and engage other technical experts as needed. Experience with Oracle 12c support, Windows Server, VMWare environments, WebSphere and JBoss applications. Experience with Microsoft SQL. Any experience working in a Defence environment, and/or with imagery and geospatial tooling and datasets would be highly desirable but is not essential. Occasional travel to other Leidos and customer sites may be required. Remaining up to date with new technologies is part of the job. Clearance Requirements Clearance to Start DV Clearance for Role DV Benefits Contributory Pension Scheme Private Medical Insurance 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays) Access to Flexible benefits (life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme) Dynamic Working Commitment to Diversity We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging, welcoming all perspectives and contributions, and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know, and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.
The Role Database Administrator (DBA) responsible for managing, optimizing, and securing large scale, complex databases. Work with engineering teams to design, implement, and maintain high performance, scalable, and resilient database systems that power our AI driven platform. Responsibilities include database tuning, backup and recovery strategies, monitoring, and ensuring data integrity while working with structured and unstructured data sources. This is a fully onsite position based at our office in Lisbon. We are open to supporting relocation efforts. Responsibilities Design, implement, and maintain high performance database systems to support large scale applications. Optimize database queries, indexing strategies, and partitioning to enhance performance. Monitor database health, ensuring high availability, scalability, and disaster recovery. Manage and fine tune SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, DynamoDB). Implement database security policies, encryption, and access control to protect sensitive data. Automate database backups, replication, and failover mechanisms. Work closely with developers to optimize queries, schema design, and data modeling. Perform capacity planning and monitor database growth trends. Ensure compliance with data governance, GDPR, and other regulatory requirements. Stay updated with the latest database technologies, trends, and best practices. Requirements Around 4+ years of experience as a Database Administrator (DBA) or similar role. Expertise in relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server) and/or NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra, DynamoDB). Strong knowledge of database optimization, indexing, partitioning, and replication. Experience in performance tuning, query optimization, and troubleshooting slow queries. Familiarity with database backup, recovery, failover, and disaster recovery strategies. Experience with cloud database services (AWS RDS, Aurora, Google Cloud Spanner, Azure SQL). Knowledge of scripting for automation (Python, Bash, SQL scripts). Understanding of data security best practices, encryption, and compliance requirements. Experience working with large, complex datasets and high traffic applications. Ability to work with DevOps teams to integrate databases into CI/CD workflows. Benefits Apple hardware ecosystem for work. Annual bonus. Top tier health and life insurance. Transportation budget. Coverflex benefits package for meal allowances, well being, and more. Childcare support. Air Conference - an opportunity to meet the team, collaborate, and grow together. Pension fund. Urban Sports Club membership. Meals 100% free at the hub.
15/07/2026
Full time
The Role Database Administrator (DBA) responsible for managing, optimizing, and securing large scale, complex databases. Work with engineering teams to design, implement, and maintain high performance, scalable, and resilient database systems that power our AI driven platform. Responsibilities include database tuning, backup and recovery strategies, monitoring, and ensuring data integrity while working with structured and unstructured data sources. This is a fully onsite position based at our office in Lisbon. We are open to supporting relocation efforts. Responsibilities Design, implement, and maintain high performance database systems to support large scale applications. Optimize database queries, indexing strategies, and partitioning to enhance performance. Monitor database health, ensuring high availability, scalability, and disaster recovery. Manage and fine tune SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, DynamoDB). Implement database security policies, encryption, and access control to protect sensitive data. Automate database backups, replication, and failover mechanisms. Work closely with developers to optimize queries, schema design, and data modeling. Perform capacity planning and monitor database growth trends. Ensure compliance with data governance, GDPR, and other regulatory requirements. Stay updated with the latest database technologies, trends, and best practices. Requirements Around 4+ years of experience as a Database Administrator (DBA) or similar role. Expertise in relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server) and/or NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra, DynamoDB). Strong knowledge of database optimization, indexing, partitioning, and replication. Experience in performance tuning, query optimization, and troubleshooting slow queries. Familiarity with database backup, recovery, failover, and disaster recovery strategies. Experience with cloud database services (AWS RDS, Aurora, Google Cloud Spanner, Azure SQL). Knowledge of scripting for automation (Python, Bash, SQL scripts). Understanding of data security best practices, encryption, and compliance requirements. Experience working with large, complex datasets and high traffic applications. Ability to work with DevOps teams to integrate databases into CI/CD workflows. Benefits Apple hardware ecosystem for work. Annual bonus. Top tier health and life insurance. Transportation budget. Coverflex benefits package for meal allowances, well being, and more. Childcare support. Air Conference - an opportunity to meet the team, collaborate, and grow together. Pension fund. Urban Sports Club membership. Meals 100% free at the hub.
IT Operations Engineer - Microsoft Cloud & Infrastructure Leeds / Doncaster - 3 days on site £45,000 We are looking for an experienced Operations Engineer to join a growing IT Operations function, taking ownership of core infrastructure, cloud platforms and business-critical services. This is a senior technical operations role suited to someone with a strong background across Microsoft cloud technologies, infrastructure and systems support. You will act as a key escalation point for complex technical issues while contributing to the ongoing optimisation, automation and improvement of the wider technology environment. The Role As an Operations Engineer, you will be responsible for maintaining the performance, availability and security of core systems and services. You will work across cloud and on-premise infrastructure, owning complex incidents and problems through to resolution while supporting technical change, projects and the introduction of new services. Key responsibilities will include: Supporting and managing Microsoft 365 and Azure environments. Acting as a technical escalation point for Service Desk and Desktop Support teams. Investigating, diagnosing and resolving complex infrastructure and systems issues. Managing and maintaining core systems, applications, hardware and cloud platforms. Monitoring infrastructure performance, availability and capacity. Identifying recurring technical problems and implementing preventative solutions. Delivering system changes in line with established change control processes. Supporting backup, disaster recovery and restoration procedures. Contributing to infrastructure and cloud projects, owning assigned technical deliverables. Producing detailed technical documentation, solution designs and support procedures. Automating operational processes, provisioning and reporting through scripting and orchestration. Supporting security, vulnerability management and technical risk assessments. Working with third-party technology providers to resolve escalated technical issues. Technical Experience We are looking for someone with strong experience across Microsoft cloud and infrastructure technologies, including: Microsoft Azure. Microsoft 365 / E5 environments. Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID. SharePoint and OneDrive. Multi-Factor Authentication, DLP and identity management. SaaS and IaaS environments. Device and mobility management. Windows Server and Windows operating systems. VMware and enterprise storage. VPN, SASE and cloud security technologies. SIEM and security monitoring platforms. Experience with technologies such as Mimecast, Varonis and Cisco Umbrella would be highly beneficial. You should also have experience with scripting and automation using technologies such as: PowerShell. Python. JavaScript or equivalent scripting languages. Terraform. Ansible. Chef or Puppet. Knowledge or experience across CI/CD pipelines, Git repositories and relational databases such as SQL, PostgreSQL or Oracle would also be advantageous. About You You will be a technically strong and methodical engineer who is comfortable taking ownership of complex infrastructure and cloud issues. You should be able to work independently, identify opportunities to improve systems and services, and confidently lead technical investigations through to resolution. Strong documentation and communication skills are important, alongside a genuine interest in automation, security and continuously improving technology environments. Desirable Certifications Relevant Microsoft certifications would be beneficial, including: Microsoft 365 Administrator. Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate. Azure Administrator Associate. Endpoint Administrator Associate. Equivalent commercial experience will also be considered. IT Operations Engineer - Microsoft Cloud & Infrastructure Oscar Associates (UK) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. To understand more about what we do with your data please review our privacy policy in the privacy section of the Oscar website.
14/07/2026
Full time
IT Operations Engineer - Microsoft Cloud & Infrastructure Leeds / Doncaster - 3 days on site £45,000 We are looking for an experienced Operations Engineer to join a growing IT Operations function, taking ownership of core infrastructure, cloud platforms and business-critical services. This is a senior technical operations role suited to someone with a strong background across Microsoft cloud technologies, infrastructure and systems support. You will act as a key escalation point for complex technical issues while contributing to the ongoing optimisation, automation and improvement of the wider technology environment. The Role As an Operations Engineer, you will be responsible for maintaining the performance, availability and security of core systems and services. You will work across cloud and on-premise infrastructure, owning complex incidents and problems through to resolution while supporting technical change, projects and the introduction of new services. Key responsibilities will include: Supporting and managing Microsoft 365 and Azure environments. Acting as a technical escalation point for Service Desk and Desktop Support teams. Investigating, diagnosing and resolving complex infrastructure and systems issues. Managing and maintaining core systems, applications, hardware and cloud platforms. Monitoring infrastructure performance, availability and capacity. Identifying recurring technical problems and implementing preventative solutions. Delivering system changes in line with established change control processes. Supporting backup, disaster recovery and restoration procedures. Contributing to infrastructure and cloud projects, owning assigned technical deliverables. Producing detailed technical documentation, solution designs and support procedures. Automating operational processes, provisioning and reporting through scripting and orchestration. Supporting security, vulnerability management and technical risk assessments. Working with third-party technology providers to resolve escalated technical issues. Technical Experience We are looking for someone with strong experience across Microsoft cloud and infrastructure technologies, including: Microsoft Azure. Microsoft 365 / E5 environments. Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID. SharePoint and OneDrive. Multi-Factor Authentication, DLP and identity management. SaaS and IaaS environments. Device and mobility management. Windows Server and Windows operating systems. VMware and enterprise storage. VPN, SASE and cloud security technologies. SIEM and security monitoring platforms. Experience with technologies such as Mimecast, Varonis and Cisco Umbrella would be highly beneficial. You should also have experience with scripting and automation using technologies such as: PowerShell. Python. JavaScript or equivalent scripting languages. Terraform. Ansible. Chef or Puppet. Knowledge or experience across CI/CD pipelines, Git repositories and relational databases such as SQL, PostgreSQL or Oracle would also be advantageous. About You You will be a technically strong and methodical engineer who is comfortable taking ownership of complex infrastructure and cloud issues. You should be able to work independently, identify opportunities to improve systems and services, and confidently lead technical investigations through to resolution. Strong documentation and communication skills are important, alongside a genuine interest in automation, security and continuously improving technology environments. Desirable Certifications Relevant Microsoft certifications would be beneficial, including: Microsoft 365 Administrator. Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate. Azure Administrator Associate. Endpoint Administrator Associate. Equivalent commercial experience will also be considered. IT Operations Engineer - Microsoft Cloud & Infrastructure Oscar Associates (UK) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. To understand more about what we do with your data please review our privacy policy in the privacy section of the Oscar website.
Consultancy Opportunity: PostgreSQL Database Administrator Wexel Gaming is seeking an experienced PostgreSQL Database Administrator to provide short-term consultancy support to our team. This engagement will focus on reviewing, optimising, and enhancing our existing PostgreSQL infrastructure. Responsibilities Provide short-term consultancy support to review, optimise, and enhance the existing PostgreSQL infrastructure. Key Requirements Based in Yorkshire, with the ability to attend our Kingston upon Hull office as required. Proven experience in PostgreSQL management, administration, and database design. Previous exposure to the iGaming industry. Experience in consultancy or advisory roles. Knowledge of database replication. About Wexel Gaming Wexel Gaming is a forward-thinking organization in the iGaming sector. Estimated Benefits Benefits estimated based on industry standards. This short-term assignment offers an excellent opportunity to apply your expertise with a forward-thinking organisation in the iGaming sector - with the flexibility to work on your own schedule. If this opportunity aligns with your skills and experience, or if you can recommend a suitable consultant, please contact us at
12/07/2026
Full time
Consultancy Opportunity: PostgreSQL Database Administrator Wexel Gaming is seeking an experienced PostgreSQL Database Administrator to provide short-term consultancy support to our team. This engagement will focus on reviewing, optimising, and enhancing our existing PostgreSQL infrastructure. Responsibilities Provide short-term consultancy support to review, optimise, and enhance the existing PostgreSQL infrastructure. Key Requirements Based in Yorkshire, with the ability to attend our Kingston upon Hull office as required. Proven experience in PostgreSQL management, administration, and database design. Previous exposure to the iGaming industry. Experience in consultancy or advisory roles. Knowledge of database replication. About Wexel Gaming Wexel Gaming is a forward-thinking organization in the iGaming sector. Estimated Benefits Benefits estimated based on industry standards. This short-term assignment offers an excellent opportunity to apply your expertise with a forward-thinking organisation in the iGaming sector - with the flexibility to work on your own schedule. If this opportunity aligns with your skills and experience, or if you can recommend a suitable consultant, please contact us at
Wexel Gaming is seeking an experienced PostgreSQL Database Administrator to provide short-term consultancy to review, optimise and enhance our PostgreSQL infrastructure. The role requires hands-on PostgreSQL management, database design, replication and advisory skills, with the ability to work from our Kingston upon Hull office as needed. Based in Yorkshire, you will engage with our iGaming environment and bring consultancy experience to the team.
12/07/2026
Full time
Wexel Gaming is seeking an experienced PostgreSQL Database Administrator to provide short-term consultancy to review, optimise and enhance our PostgreSQL infrastructure. The role requires hands-on PostgreSQL management, database design, replication and advisory skills, with the ability to work from our Kingston upon Hull office as needed. Based in Yorkshire, you will engage with our iGaming environment and bring consultancy experience to the team.
SQL Database Administrator (SQL DBA) Location: Wigan (2 days per week on-site) Salary: Up to £50,000 Benefits: Hybrid working Excellent pension Professional development Holiday allowance Career progression Our client, a leading organisation, is looking to recruit an experienced SQL Database Administrator (SQL DBA) to join its Infrastructure team. This is an excellent opportunity for a DBA who enjoys owning SQL Server environments, ensuring critical databases remain secure, available and performing at their best. You'll play a key role in maintaining and improving the organisation's Microsoft SQL estate while supporting wider infrastructure and platform initiatives. What you'll do Administer, maintain and optimise Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL environments. Manage database backups, restores and disaster recovery processes, ensuring data integrity and business continuity. Monitor and tune database performance, identifying bottlenecks and implementing improvements. Develop and maintain database maintenance plans covering indexing, statistics, integrity checks and housekeeping. Ensure high availability and resilience across production database environments. Support database security through access management, permissions and least-privilege principles. Work closely with infrastructure and software engineering teams to support application deployments and database changes. Assist with Windows Server administration, patching and platform maintenance where required. Investigate database incidents, perform root cause analysis and implement preventative improvements. Produce and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures and recovery processes. Participate in an out-of-hours support rota for critical incidents. What we're looking for Commercial experience as a SQL Database Administrator or SQL Server DBA. Strong administration experience across Microsoft SQL Server. Experience with Azure SQL Database or Azure-based SQL environments. Knowledge of backup, recovery, high availability and disaster recovery solutions. Experience with SQL performance tuning, optimisation and troubleshooting. Understanding of SQL Server security, permissions and database governance. Experience supporting production environments and following change control processes. PowerShell scripting or SQL automation experience would be advantageous. Excellent problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to continuous improvement. Desirable experience includes: Always On Availability Groups, replication or failover technologies. Exposure to PostgreSQL, MySQL or Oracle. Azure infrastructure and cloud services. Infrastructure monitoring and alerting tools. Cyber security best practices and vulnerability management. Why join? Salary of up to £50,000 Hybrid working with just 2 days per week on-site in Wigan Work across business-critical SQL Server and Azure SQL platforms. Opportunity to influence database performance, resilience and future improvements. Supportive team with excellent opportunities for learning and career development. If you're a SQL DBA looking for a role where you'll have real ownership of critical database environments while working with modern Microsoft technologies, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today to find out more.
11/07/2026
Full time
SQL Database Administrator (SQL DBA) Location: Wigan (2 days per week on-site) Salary: Up to £50,000 Benefits: Hybrid working Excellent pension Professional development Holiday allowance Career progression Our client, a leading organisation, is looking to recruit an experienced SQL Database Administrator (SQL DBA) to join its Infrastructure team. This is an excellent opportunity for a DBA who enjoys owning SQL Server environments, ensuring critical databases remain secure, available and performing at their best. You'll play a key role in maintaining and improving the organisation's Microsoft SQL estate while supporting wider infrastructure and platform initiatives. What you'll do Administer, maintain and optimise Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL environments. Manage database backups, restores and disaster recovery processes, ensuring data integrity and business continuity. Monitor and tune database performance, identifying bottlenecks and implementing improvements. Develop and maintain database maintenance plans covering indexing, statistics, integrity checks and housekeeping. Ensure high availability and resilience across production database environments. Support database security through access management, permissions and least-privilege principles. Work closely with infrastructure and software engineering teams to support application deployments and database changes. Assist with Windows Server administration, patching and platform maintenance where required. Investigate database incidents, perform root cause analysis and implement preventative improvements. Produce and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures and recovery processes. Participate in an out-of-hours support rota for critical incidents. What we're looking for Commercial experience as a SQL Database Administrator or SQL Server DBA. Strong administration experience across Microsoft SQL Server. Experience with Azure SQL Database or Azure-based SQL environments. Knowledge of backup, recovery, high availability and disaster recovery solutions. Experience with SQL performance tuning, optimisation and troubleshooting. Understanding of SQL Server security, permissions and database governance. Experience supporting production environments and following change control processes. PowerShell scripting or SQL automation experience would be advantageous. Excellent problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to continuous improvement. Desirable experience includes: Always On Availability Groups, replication or failover technologies. Exposure to PostgreSQL, MySQL or Oracle. Azure infrastructure and cloud services. Infrastructure monitoring and alerting tools. Cyber security best practices and vulnerability management. Why join? Salary of up to £50,000 Hybrid working with just 2 days per week on-site in Wigan Work across business-critical SQL Server and Azure SQL platforms. Opportunity to influence database performance, resilience and future improvements. Supportive team with excellent opportunities for learning and career development. If you're a SQL DBA looking for a role where you'll have real ownership of critical database environments while working with modern Microsoft technologies, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today to find out more.
Location: Remote - UK working hours Remote Full-time Compensation: £90K - £110K We are hiring on behalf of our client, a high-performance financial technology organization specializing in advanced integration service products. The client develops and delivers an innovative, hosted integration platform that enables global financial institutions to maintain a flexible operational infrastructure without requiring internal engineering resources to address connectivity challenges across diverse trading venues. The successful candidate will join a multi-disciplinary Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team that actively champions a comprehensive automation culture. The mandate of this department is broad and impactful, covering everything from desktop and laptop infrastructure support to sophisticated data centre server provisioning and global vendor network connectivity. While each team member brings distinct areas of technical specialization, the department operates under a shared-responsibility model for the entire production environment. The client is seeking a collaborative, growth-oriented professional who can meaningfully contribute to operational excellence while continuously developing their technical capabilities. Key Responsibilities Automated Infrastructure Provisioning: Architect and build automated provisioning systems for global server and network architectures across both physical bare-metal environments and public cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP). Continuous Delivery Pipeline Management: Evolve, maintain, and optimize the Continuous Delivery (CD) pipeline responsible for provisioning servers, configuring network switches, and deploying core software updates. External Stakeholder Interfacing: Interact directly with hardware vendors, telecommunications providers, and external financial institutions to manage connectivity and optimise remote operations. Collective System Ownership: Take shared ownership of the stability, performance, and monitoring of the end-to-end production environment alongside a tight-knit engineering team. Core Technical Competencies Foundational Coding Capability: Practical experience with software engineering is required. While expert-level software engineering is not mandatory, proficiency in basic programming within a language of choice is necessary to construct functional code and utilities independently. Infrastructure Automation: Demonstrated experience working with software automation tools (specifically Ansible), combined with the coding agility needed to automate all configuration environments. Systems & Network Administration: Proven experience operating as a Systems Administrator or Network Engineer, paired with a balanced, comprehensive understanding of both domains. Professional & Interpersonal Attributes A constructive, open-minded, and self-motivated approach to technical problem-solving. A strong belief in lifelong learning and an awareness of evolving technologies. High professional autonomy, with a proven ability to take the initiative within a collaborative, team oriented ecosystem. Experience managing third party relationships, negotiating with vendors, procuring hardware, and supporting remote workforce initiatives via phone and email. Preferred (Non-Essential) Qualifications Familiarity with enterprise Authentication Protocols (e.g., SAML, OAuth2, Active Directory, Kerberos). Technical proficiency in Microsoft and Azure Active Directory. Hands on exposure to Database High Availability (HA) frameworks, including clustering and replication models (e.g., PostgreSQL). Compensation and Benefits Competitive Base Compensation: Up to £110,000 per annum, commensurate with experience and skill set. Equity Participation: Allocation of company share options. Corporate Benefits: A comprehensive standard benefits package. Workplace Flexibility: Remote first working philosophy with flexible arrangements within the UK and Europe, complemented by a modern workspace in Moorgate, London. Commitment to Equality and Accessibility At MLabs, we are committed to offer equal opportunities to all candidates. We ensure no discrimination, accessible job adverts, and providing information in accessible formats. Our goal is to foster a diverse, inclusive workplace with equal opportunities for all. If you need any reasonable adjustments during any part of the hiring process or you would like to see the job advert in an accessible format please let us know at the earliest opportunity by emailing .
10/07/2026
Full time
Location: Remote - UK working hours Remote Full-time Compensation: £90K - £110K We are hiring on behalf of our client, a high-performance financial technology organization specializing in advanced integration service products. The client develops and delivers an innovative, hosted integration platform that enables global financial institutions to maintain a flexible operational infrastructure without requiring internal engineering resources to address connectivity challenges across diverse trading venues. The successful candidate will join a multi-disciplinary Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team that actively champions a comprehensive automation culture. The mandate of this department is broad and impactful, covering everything from desktop and laptop infrastructure support to sophisticated data centre server provisioning and global vendor network connectivity. While each team member brings distinct areas of technical specialization, the department operates under a shared-responsibility model for the entire production environment. The client is seeking a collaborative, growth-oriented professional who can meaningfully contribute to operational excellence while continuously developing their technical capabilities. Key Responsibilities Automated Infrastructure Provisioning: Architect and build automated provisioning systems for global server and network architectures across both physical bare-metal environments and public cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP). Continuous Delivery Pipeline Management: Evolve, maintain, and optimize the Continuous Delivery (CD) pipeline responsible for provisioning servers, configuring network switches, and deploying core software updates. External Stakeholder Interfacing: Interact directly with hardware vendors, telecommunications providers, and external financial institutions to manage connectivity and optimise remote operations. Collective System Ownership: Take shared ownership of the stability, performance, and monitoring of the end-to-end production environment alongside a tight-knit engineering team. Core Technical Competencies Foundational Coding Capability: Practical experience with software engineering is required. While expert-level software engineering is not mandatory, proficiency in basic programming within a language of choice is necessary to construct functional code and utilities independently. Infrastructure Automation: Demonstrated experience working with software automation tools (specifically Ansible), combined with the coding agility needed to automate all configuration environments. Systems & Network Administration: Proven experience operating as a Systems Administrator or Network Engineer, paired with a balanced, comprehensive understanding of both domains. Professional & Interpersonal Attributes A constructive, open-minded, and self-motivated approach to technical problem-solving. A strong belief in lifelong learning and an awareness of evolving technologies. High professional autonomy, with a proven ability to take the initiative within a collaborative, team oriented ecosystem. Experience managing third party relationships, negotiating with vendors, procuring hardware, and supporting remote workforce initiatives via phone and email. Preferred (Non-Essential) Qualifications Familiarity with enterprise Authentication Protocols (e.g., SAML, OAuth2, Active Directory, Kerberos). Technical proficiency in Microsoft and Azure Active Directory. Hands on exposure to Database High Availability (HA) frameworks, including clustering and replication models (e.g., PostgreSQL). Compensation and Benefits Competitive Base Compensation: Up to £110,000 per annum, commensurate with experience and skill set. Equity Participation: Allocation of company share options. Corporate Benefits: A comprehensive standard benefits package. Workplace Flexibility: Remote first working philosophy with flexible arrangements within the UK and Europe, complemented by a modern workspace in Moorgate, London. Commitment to Equality and Accessibility At MLabs, we are committed to offer equal opportunities to all candidates. We ensure no discrimination, accessible job adverts, and providing information in accessible formats. Our goal is to foster a diverse, inclusive workplace with equal opportunities for all. If you need any reasonable adjustments during any part of the hiring process or you would like to see the job advert in an accessible format please let us know at the earliest opportunity by emailing .
Role Overview At DXC, one of our platinum accounts has openings for client-based working Database Administrators at varying skill levels. The successful candidate will work within one of our database support teams and will be focused and motivated with good interpersonal skills. Your role will include optimising and tuning database performance and assisting in database migration. Responsibilities Installing and configuring database binaries Writing and maintaining scripts to automate DBA tasks Investigating and implementing automation of operational processes using tools such as Ansible, PowerShell, Bash, and Git-based workflows Performing routine, periodic, and proactive operational monitoring and maintenance Troubleshooting database-related issues and driving root cause analysis Optimising and tuning database performance to ensure reliability and efficiency Performing patching and upgrades to ensure data security and compliance Assisting with database migrations, including migrations to cloud-based environments such as AWS Supporting database resilience through backup, recovery, replication, clustering, failover, and disaster recovery activities Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives and the modernisation of database services Qualifications A genuine passion for technology and a strong desire to continuously develop your technical skills Willingness to both share your knowledge and learn from others A proactive approach towards identifying risks, opportunities, and potential improvements An ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team environment A willingness to investigate challenges and develop innovative solutions Good organisational, analytical, and problem solving skills An interest in automation, scripting, and modern infrastructure practices A growth mindset with the ambition to broaden your technical capabilities across databases, cloud technologies, and automation tooling Desirable Skills and Technologies Database Technologies Administration experience in one or more database technologies such as MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, or Microsoft SQL Server Knowledge of database server clustering, failover, high availability, and disaster recovery solutions Experience with database replication technologies such as Oracle Data Guard, PostgreSQL Replication Manager, and MongoDB Replica Sets Experience in backup and recovery procedures Operating Systems & Cloud Experience supporting Linux operating systems (RHEL) and/or Windows Server Experience working with cloud technologies, particularly AWS Knowledge of AWS database services and database deployments in cloud environments Experience planning or delivering database migrations into cloud environments would be highly advantageous Automation & Scripting Experience with scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell, and Bash Experience with automation and configuration management tools such as Ansible Familiarity with source control and collaborative development practices using Git Experience identifying opportunities to automate operational and administrative tasks Monitoring & Tooling Knowledge of database monitoring tools such as Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM), Nagios, or equivalent monitoring platforms
10/07/2026
Full time
Role Overview At DXC, one of our platinum accounts has openings for client-based working Database Administrators at varying skill levels. The successful candidate will work within one of our database support teams and will be focused and motivated with good interpersonal skills. Your role will include optimising and tuning database performance and assisting in database migration. Responsibilities Installing and configuring database binaries Writing and maintaining scripts to automate DBA tasks Investigating and implementing automation of operational processes using tools such as Ansible, PowerShell, Bash, and Git-based workflows Performing routine, periodic, and proactive operational monitoring and maintenance Troubleshooting database-related issues and driving root cause analysis Optimising and tuning database performance to ensure reliability and efficiency Performing patching and upgrades to ensure data security and compliance Assisting with database migrations, including migrations to cloud-based environments such as AWS Supporting database resilience through backup, recovery, replication, clustering, failover, and disaster recovery activities Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives and the modernisation of database services Qualifications A genuine passion for technology and a strong desire to continuously develop your technical skills Willingness to both share your knowledge and learn from others A proactive approach towards identifying risks, opportunities, and potential improvements An ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team environment A willingness to investigate challenges and develop innovative solutions Good organisational, analytical, and problem solving skills An interest in automation, scripting, and modern infrastructure practices A growth mindset with the ambition to broaden your technical capabilities across databases, cloud technologies, and automation tooling Desirable Skills and Technologies Database Technologies Administration experience in one or more database technologies such as MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, or Microsoft SQL Server Knowledge of database server clustering, failover, high availability, and disaster recovery solutions Experience with database replication technologies such as Oracle Data Guard, PostgreSQL Replication Manager, and MongoDB Replica Sets Experience in backup and recovery procedures Operating Systems & Cloud Experience supporting Linux operating systems (RHEL) and/or Windows Server Experience working with cloud technologies, particularly AWS Knowledge of AWS database services and database deployments in cloud environments Experience planning or delivering database migrations into cloud environments would be highly advantageous Automation & Scripting Experience with scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell, and Bash Experience with automation and configuration management tools such as Ansible Familiarity with source control and collaborative development practices using Git Experience identifying opportunities to automate operational and administrative tasks Monitoring & Tooling Knowledge of database monitoring tools such as Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM), Nagios, or equivalent monitoring platforms
Database Administrator Location: Central London or Manchester - on site 5 days a week. DXC Technology is committed to building diverse, inclusive teams. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and particularly encourage interest from women, underrepresented groups, and neurodivergent candidates. We offer reasonable adjustments throughout the hiring process and are dedicated to creating a supportive, accessible environment for everyone. Role responsibilities Installing and configuring database binaries Writing and maintaining scripts to automate DBA tasks Investigating and implementing automation of processes Perform routine, periodic, and proactive operation and monitoring Troubleshoot database related issues Perform patching and upgrades to ensure data security What you will bring to the team Willingness to both share your knowledge and learn from others A proactive approach towards looking for risks and problems An ability to work both independently and in a team A willingness to investigate challenges and solve them Good organisational, analytical, and problem solving skills Desirable Skills and Technologies Administration experience in a database technology such as Oracle, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, etc Experience of OS such as RHEL and Windows Server Experience in cloud technologies such as AWS and AWS database. Migrations into AWS Experience in Ansible Knowledge of database monitoring tools, such as OEM and Nagios Experience in scripting, such as Powershell and Bash Knowledge of database server clustering, failover, and disaster recovery Experience in database replication software, such as Data Guard, Replication Manager for PostgreSQL, and MongoDB ReplicaSets Experience in backup/recovery procedures and scripting What we will do for you Competitive compensation Pension scheme DXC Select - Our comprehensive benefits package (includes private health/medical insurance, childcare vouchers, gym membership and more) Perks at Work (discounts on technology, groceries, travel and more) DXC incentives (recognition tools, employee lunches, regular social events etc)
06/07/2026
Full time
Database Administrator Location: Central London or Manchester - on site 5 days a week. DXC Technology is committed to building diverse, inclusive teams. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and particularly encourage interest from women, underrepresented groups, and neurodivergent candidates. We offer reasonable adjustments throughout the hiring process and are dedicated to creating a supportive, accessible environment for everyone. Role responsibilities Installing and configuring database binaries Writing and maintaining scripts to automate DBA tasks Investigating and implementing automation of processes Perform routine, periodic, and proactive operation and monitoring Troubleshoot database related issues Perform patching and upgrades to ensure data security What you will bring to the team Willingness to both share your knowledge and learn from others A proactive approach towards looking for risks and problems An ability to work both independently and in a team A willingness to investigate challenges and solve them Good organisational, analytical, and problem solving skills Desirable Skills and Technologies Administration experience in a database technology such as Oracle, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, etc Experience of OS such as RHEL and Windows Server Experience in cloud technologies such as AWS and AWS database. Migrations into AWS Experience in Ansible Knowledge of database monitoring tools, such as OEM and Nagios Experience in scripting, such as Powershell and Bash Knowledge of database server clustering, failover, and disaster recovery Experience in database replication software, such as Data Guard, Replication Manager for PostgreSQL, and MongoDB ReplicaSets Experience in backup/recovery procedures and scripting What we will do for you Competitive compensation Pension scheme DXC Select - Our comprehensive benefits package (includes private health/medical insurance, childcare vouchers, gym membership and more) Perks at Work (discounts on technology, groceries, travel and more) DXC incentives (recognition tools, employee lunches, regular social events etc)
About Atos Group Atos Group is a global leader in digital transformation with c. 63,000 employees and annual revenue of c. €8 billion, operating in 61 countries under two brands - Atos for services and Eviden for products. European number one in cybersecurity, cloud and high performance computing, Atos Group is committed to a secure and decarbonized future and provides tailored AI-powered, end-to-end solutions for all industries. Atos Group is the brand under which Atos SE (Societas Europaea) operates. Atos SE is listed on Euronext Paris. The purpose of Atos Group is to help design the future of the information space. Its expertise and services support the development of knowledge, education and research in a multicultural approach and contribute to the development of scientific and technological excellence. Across the world, the Group enables its customers and employees, and members of societies at large to live, work and develop sustainably, in a safe and secure information space. We are looking for a PostgreSQL database administrator with strong data modeling skills to join our team. The role includes managing a Postgres application data store across environments, whilst working closely with the rest of the development team to define the data model for new data feeds. You will be responsible for the maintenance and performance of the database and have ownership of the core data structures used within the application. Where purpose meets career Flexible Work Model - Choose Work from Home or Hybrid to balance productivity and well being. Team Coaching Impact - Drive measurable contribution through strong team coaching and ownership. Strong Mentorship Culture - Grow faster with continuous mentoring and knowledge sharing. Responsibilities Taking responsibility for the application PostgreSQL database cluster across multiple environments across cloud & on premises Monitoring and tuning to optimise PostgreSQL database performance Handling migration of data structures across database instances, including to offline environments Owning the data models and managing the lifecycle of data sitting within the Postgres database Working closely with data pipeline engineers & data scientists to ingest a wide range of data sources Managing security controls across environments, including defining roles & permissions, as well as RLS controls for the data Working directly with the infrastructure team to configure the installation and manage patching of the databases across all environments Skills we can't do without Postgresql dba, core development / maintenance and performance optimisation (sharding, partitions). Experience with clustering, and extensions such as pgvector PostGIS, and AGE very useful. Strong PostgreSQL database management skills: Performance optimisation - index tuning, execution plan analysis, query optimisation, data partitioning Backup and recovery - Capable of defining backup strategies based on environment constraints Clustering - Experience with managing database clusters, including handling failover strategies Experience with data modelling: designing, creating & managing schemas, tables, and views to support the data models Understanding best practices for storing JSON objects within PostgreSQL Clear communication & ability to work collaboratively with developers to define & implement data model requirements Essential Criteria - BPSS Eligibility SC cleared as a minimum, DV as a target, you must have lived and worked in the UK continuously for the past 5-7 years. Location Mostly remote with 1-2 days per week on client site where there is an S terminal. Locations nationally (typically Andover, Corsham, London but opportunities for Edinburgh Catterick and Manchester areas) Benefits Pension Scheme - contributions matched up to 10% Private medical cover Income Protection Life Assurance 25 days paid leave + National Holidays Flex benefits program Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Here at Atos, diversity and inclusion are embedded in our DNA.Read moreabout our commitment to a fair work environment for all. As a Disability Confident employer, we encourage applications from all applicants, especially, differently abled applicants. We aim to ensure that those who meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. We are committed and willing to making reasonable adjustments to the application and assessment process to accommodate your needs. Here at Atos, diversity and inclusion are embedded in our DNA. Read more about our commitment to a fair work environment for all. Atos is a recognized leader in its industry across Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria. Find out more on our CSR commitment. Choose your future. Choose Atos.
04/07/2026
Full time
About Atos Group Atos Group is a global leader in digital transformation with c. 63,000 employees and annual revenue of c. €8 billion, operating in 61 countries under two brands - Atos for services and Eviden for products. European number one in cybersecurity, cloud and high performance computing, Atos Group is committed to a secure and decarbonized future and provides tailored AI-powered, end-to-end solutions for all industries. Atos Group is the brand under which Atos SE (Societas Europaea) operates. Atos SE is listed on Euronext Paris. The purpose of Atos Group is to help design the future of the information space. Its expertise and services support the development of knowledge, education and research in a multicultural approach and contribute to the development of scientific and technological excellence. Across the world, the Group enables its customers and employees, and members of societies at large to live, work and develop sustainably, in a safe and secure information space. We are looking for a PostgreSQL database administrator with strong data modeling skills to join our team. The role includes managing a Postgres application data store across environments, whilst working closely with the rest of the development team to define the data model for new data feeds. You will be responsible for the maintenance and performance of the database and have ownership of the core data structures used within the application. Where purpose meets career Flexible Work Model - Choose Work from Home or Hybrid to balance productivity and well being. Team Coaching Impact - Drive measurable contribution through strong team coaching and ownership. Strong Mentorship Culture - Grow faster with continuous mentoring and knowledge sharing. Responsibilities Taking responsibility for the application PostgreSQL database cluster across multiple environments across cloud & on premises Monitoring and tuning to optimise PostgreSQL database performance Handling migration of data structures across database instances, including to offline environments Owning the data models and managing the lifecycle of data sitting within the Postgres database Working closely with data pipeline engineers & data scientists to ingest a wide range of data sources Managing security controls across environments, including defining roles & permissions, as well as RLS controls for the data Working directly with the infrastructure team to configure the installation and manage patching of the databases across all environments Skills we can't do without Postgresql dba, core development / maintenance and performance optimisation (sharding, partitions). Experience with clustering, and extensions such as pgvector PostGIS, and AGE very useful. Strong PostgreSQL database management skills: Performance optimisation - index tuning, execution plan analysis, query optimisation, data partitioning Backup and recovery - Capable of defining backup strategies based on environment constraints Clustering - Experience with managing database clusters, including handling failover strategies Experience with data modelling: designing, creating & managing schemas, tables, and views to support the data models Understanding best practices for storing JSON objects within PostgreSQL Clear communication & ability to work collaboratively with developers to define & implement data model requirements Essential Criteria - BPSS Eligibility SC cleared as a minimum, DV as a target, you must have lived and worked in the UK continuously for the past 5-7 years. Location Mostly remote with 1-2 days per week on client site where there is an S terminal. Locations nationally (typically Andover, Corsham, London but opportunities for Edinburgh Catterick and Manchester areas) Benefits Pension Scheme - contributions matched up to 10% Private medical cover Income Protection Life Assurance 25 days paid leave + National Holidays Flex benefits program Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Here at Atos, diversity and inclusion are embedded in our DNA.Read moreabout our commitment to a fair work environment for all. As a Disability Confident employer, we encourage applications from all applicants, especially, differently abled applicants. We aim to ensure that those who meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. We are committed and willing to making reasonable adjustments to the application and assessment process to accommodate your needs. Here at Atos, diversity and inclusion are embedded in our DNA. Read more about our commitment to a fair work environment for all. Atos is a recognized leader in its industry across Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria. Find out more on our CSR commitment. Choose your future. Choose Atos.
Database Administrator Up to 447.50 p/d (Inside IR35) 2 Days on site - Telford 6 months initially My client is a well-known consultancy seeking an database administrator. You'll be responsible for ensuring the performance, integrity, availability, and security of our database environments while supporting critical business applications and services. Job Responsibilities: Install, configure, maintain, and upgrade database management systems. Monitor database performance and proactively resolve issues. Perform regular database backups and ensure recovery procedures are tested and effective. Implement and maintain database security controls and access management. Optimise database structures, indexing, and queries for maximum performance. Support high-availability, replication, and disaster recovery solutions. Collaborate with development teams to improve application performance and database usage. Produce and maintain technical documentation, procedures, and standards. Support capacity planning and recommend future database improvements. Key Requirements: SC Clearence Proven experience as a Database Administrator or similar role. Strong experience with one or more of: Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL Experience with database performance tuning and optimisation. Knowledge of backup, recovery, replication, and high-availability technologies. Understanding of database security, permissions, auditing, and compliance. Experience troubleshooting complex database issues. Strong communication and stakeholder management skills. Desirable Cloud database experience (Azure, AWS, or GCP). Relevant certifications such as Oracle Certified Professional or Microsoft certifications. Experience working within enterprise-scale environments What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)
02/07/2026
Contractor
Database Administrator Up to 447.50 p/d (Inside IR35) 2 Days on site - Telford 6 months initially My client is a well-known consultancy seeking an database administrator. You'll be responsible for ensuring the performance, integrity, availability, and security of our database environments while supporting critical business applications and services. Job Responsibilities: Install, configure, maintain, and upgrade database management systems. Monitor database performance and proactively resolve issues. Perform regular database backups and ensure recovery procedures are tested and effective. Implement and maintain database security controls and access management. Optimise database structures, indexing, and queries for maximum performance. Support high-availability, replication, and disaster recovery solutions. Collaborate with development teams to improve application performance and database usage. Produce and maintain technical documentation, procedures, and standards. Support capacity planning and recommend future database improvements. Key Requirements: SC Clearence Proven experience as a Database Administrator or similar role. Strong experience with one or more of: Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL Experience with database performance tuning and optimisation. Knowledge of backup, recovery, replication, and high-availability technologies. Understanding of database security, permissions, auditing, and compliance. Experience troubleshooting complex database issues. Strong communication and stakeholder management skills. Desirable Cloud database experience (Azure, AWS, or GCP). Relevant certifications such as Oracle Certified Professional or Microsoft certifications. Experience working within enterprise-scale environments What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at (url removed)
